The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Thursday, declare open this year’s media conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) in Abuja.
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, is also expected to deliver a paper at the event on “Aftermath of Supreme Court Judgment on Local Government Financial Autonomy, What Next?”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NAJUC is an association of judiciary editors and reporters from print, electronics and online media organisations covering programmes and activities of the judiciary arm of government in the country.
They are working to promote the rule of law and rights of the people through incisive, objective and factual reportage.
The conference, which will hold at the Hon. Justice Rose Ukeje Hall of the Federal High Court in Abuja, is part of the concerted efforts aimed at bringing critical stakeholders in the judiciary together to brainstorm and proffer solutions to challenging issues in the nation’s judiciary sector.
It is also to ensure capacity building, training and retraining of judiciary reporters to keep abreast with international best practices in the coverage of courts.
Paschal Njoku, the Secretary-General of the association, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the theme of the conference is, “ The Role of Courts in Enforcement of Judgments.”
Njoku said foremost human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, will also deliver a keynote address at the event.
He said the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, will equally present a paper on “Local Government Fiscal Autonomy, Enforcement of Supreme Court Judgment and Role of EFCC.”
He said the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, will deliver paper on “Democracy and Rule of Law; the Way Foreword.”
Njoku added that the special guest of honour, Malam Gambo Ahmed, the Executive Secretary, National Judicial Council (NJC), Abuja, will deliver paper on “The Role of NJC in Sanitising the Judiciary.”
Chairman of NAJUC, Mr Kayode Lawal of Daily Post Media Organisation, will play host to the eminent guests at the conference.
Lawal, in the statement, said that adequate arrangements had been put in place for hitch-free ceremony.(NAN)
