MINISTER OF JUSTICE WANTS MORE FUNDING FOR THE JUDICIARY.

05/12/23

SHINE JO

Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Lateef Fagbemi is advocating increased funding for the Judicial sector

The Funds Carter for chartered flight for Judicial officers handling terror suspect cases in the country in the 2024 budget

Fagbemi who appeared before the Senate Committee on Judiciary , Human Rights and Legal Matters for 2024 budget defence on Monday added that the Ministry is currently defending 2000 cases , with huge potential liabilities on the Federal government.

He added that there are already backlogs of obligations which needs to be cleared in order to sustain the current efforts of the ministry in reducing Governments’ exposure to judgment debts as well as ensuring that the implementation of gtovernment policies and projects are not hindered by litigation

The Ministry’s budget as proposed by the Attorney General of the Federation is N14 billion ,
With N5.3 billion as capital expenditure and N8.8 billion as recurrent Expenditure.

The Attorney General stressed that the ministry is involved in defending the country in international litigation and arbitration which are expensive to prosecute or defend in terms of payment of administrative fees to tribunals, professional fees to solicitors , and experts fees