*Stresses Need For Appointment of More Judges for Nigeria’s Judiciary
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The Chairman of the NBA Welfare Committee, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN has congratulated newly sworn in Judges of the Federal High Court and FCT High Court on taking the oath of office.
Y.C. Maikyau, SAN who was a guest at the swearing in of Judges of the Federal High Court and FCT High Court at the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the 20th of April 2022 by His Lordship Hon. Justice Muhammad Tanko, CJN, extended his congratulatory message the newly appointed Judges; Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman, Emmanuel Gakko, Aminu Garba, Musa Sulaiman Liman, Ahmad Gama Mahmud, Segun-Bello Mabel Taiye (Federal High Court) and Joseph Adebayo Aina, (High Court of the FCT, Abuja) for the well deserved appointment.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Swearing-In Ceremony, Maikyau also advocated for the appointment of more Judges in Nigerian Court to facilitate the smooth administration of justice in the country and end the perennial challenge of case delays.
He also stressed on what he identified as two basic criteria for the appointment of Judges to the bench, to wit;
1. Quality of the Judge and 2. The Character of the Judge.
The Learned Silk who recently submitted his nomination form for the NBA General Elections holding later this year said:
“The basic criteria for appointment of Judges must be the quality they bring on the bench. And the quality in terms of the knowledge of law and also the character that comes with it, because no matter how intelligent you are; no matter how good you are, and resourceful; as a Judge, not only as a Judge and I will say this for every member of the legal profession.
Absent the character, you are not able to convey that intellect, you are not able to convey that resourcefulness and industry, to bring benefit to the people. So these are two major things we must always look after in the appointments of Judges across the tiers of the Courts in this Country”.
The learned silk while congratulating the newly sworn in Judges, expressed his good wishes to his Lordships in the discharge of their Judicial function.
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