Gov El-Rufai swears-in four High Court Judges

Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has sworn in four High Court Judges in the State.

Governor El-Rufai said that the State has been seeking for the appointment of the High Court Judges for the past three years.

He said though only four were appointed but the State requires about 20 Judges because the high court judges are over worked.

The Governor disclosed that, each High Court of Kaduna State has a minimum of 200 cases which is too much for them to handle and it also affects the administration of Justice.

He said the State needs more judges as it has the capacity to bear the burden and provide them housing and vehicles.

According to the Governor, the only bottle neck is the National Judicial Council which takes time and bereaucracy to appoint judges not only in Kaduna but in the country at large.

“In my opinion, the NJC should only select judges for the appalet and Federal courts and leave the selection of judges for State high courts to an equivalent Council at the State level, either the State Judicial Service Commission which now appoints magistrate or the State Judicial Council which select judges.

“I do not believe that the appointment of high court judges at the State level should be within the purview of the NJC . We are trying to operate a unitary judiciary when we have a Federal Executive and Legislature, this needs to be corrected,” he added.