Law firm seeks NASS abolition of AGF consent requirement in debt judgment enforcement

The Law Corridor, a instrumentality steadfast based successful Abuja, has called connected the National Assembly to abolish the request for the consent of the Attorney General of the Federation AGF earlier judgement indebtedness outgo proceedings tin beryllium initiated against the nationalist funds successful circumstances covered by Section 84 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act.

The Managing Partner of the Law firm, Mr Henry Kelechukwu Eniotu, who made the telephone connected Thursday during a media parley successful Abuja, argued that Nigerian citizens who successfully obtained judgments against authorities institutions should not look prolonged delays successful securing the benefits of their ineligible victories.

According to him, though the Supreme Court's determination successful Central Bank of Nigeria vs Lidan Engineering Limited & Others clarified that the Central Bank's presumption arsenic banker to authorities does not automatically pull the consent request simply due to the fact that funds beryllium to a nationalist institution, the broader statutory proviso continues to make opportunities for delays.

Eniotu said palmy litigants could walk years pursuing payment, with businesses suffering and ostentation diminishing the existent worth of judgement sums.

He maintained that authorities already has entree to established judicial procedures, including appeals and applications for stays of execution, and that enforcement officers should not person an a...