The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has set up seven special panels saddled with the responsibility of decongesting the backlog of appeals.
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She disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, on the occasion of the maiden edition of the meeting with presiding justices of the 20 Divisions of the Court of Appeal tagged: Working Conference of the Presiding Justices of the Court of Appeal.
Justice Dongban-Mensem explained that setting up the special panels became necessary in view of the lingering appeals clustering the court.
She blamed the development on what she described as the unwillingness of some litigants who have failed to file complete processes.
“The Court of Appeal cannot be used as a tool in the hands of these litigants who go into a deep slumber.
“All notices of appeal filed without being followed with other processes to ensure quick prosecution and disposal of the appeal should be shown the way out,” the justice said.
She added, “We have sufficient provisions in our rules, which are backed by constitutional provision for the disposal of matters in court.”
The Appeal Court president noted that since presiding justices were heads of the divisions, they can go ahead and take charge and keep up with the tempo in their various jurisdictions.
“In a nation with teeming unemployed graduates and restive youths, we must do our part to create jobs by ensuring that all appeals are heard expeditiously, especially those which involve corporate bodies and businesses which can provide jobs for our youths,” she said.
The working conference, the first of its kind, was specially chosen to promote a sense of togetherness by enabling the most experienced minds to be deployed on special decongestion panels that would tackle the most congested divisions.
The special panels are expected to sit in two sessions daily and will work for three days to depose of over 100 motions filed at various divisions of the court.
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