BODY OF BENCHERS SAYS THE EXECUTIVE’S SUPPORT FOR JUDICIARY DOES NOT AMOUNT TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE ARM OF GOVERNMENT 07-12-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Body of Benchers says the executive’s support for the judiciary does not amount to interference with the independence of the arm of government.
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN stated this in Abuja while flagging off the design, construction, and furnishing of the office annex of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria.
He said no arm of government was sufficiently endowed with everything it required to perform its constitutional functions, adding that the makers of the Nigerian constitution also foresaw the need for support, cooperation, collaboration, and intervention of the executive arm in areas of infrastructural facilities.
Chief Awomolo appreciated President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, for their infrastructural intervention and support for the judicial arm of government.
In his remarks, the FCT Minister, Mr. Wike highlighted the importance of collaboration between the various arms of government and stressed the FCT Administration’s commitment to providing a conducive environment for the judiciary to function effectively.
He said provision was made in the supplementary budget of the FCT for the construction of the Body of Benchers office complex and was approved by the President, assuring the project would be completed in 10 months.
The Minister revealed that the President had approved the construction of 10 residential buildings for the lecturers of the Nigerian law school, which will be flagged off in the coming week.
Responding to a request to provide a fire service station within the Body of Benchers complex, the Minister said it would be included in the FCT’s 2025 budget.
Highlights of the event include the decoration of the FCT Minister with the insignia of the Body of Benchers and the presentation of a plague to him by the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria and Vice Chairman, Body of Benchers of Nigeria, Justice Ariwoola.