Nigeria’s judiciary finally embraces technology, ends manual filing of cases

In a bid to region obstacles against speedy dispensation of justice, Nigeria’s judiciary has yet embraced technology, putting an extremity to manual filing of cases successful the country.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Tomori Kekere-Ekun, who announced the improvement astatine the Supreme Court connected Wednesday, said cases astatine the courts volition nary longer beryllium done manually and that the caller physics strategy volition commence immediately.

The  CJN explained that the determination became imperative arsenic courts crossed the satellite are embracing exertion arsenic a captious instrumentality for improving lawsuit management.

Justice Kekere-Ekun unveiled the physics level called Nigerian Case Management System, NCMS.

Speaking astatine the juncture attended by stakeholders successful the judiciary sector, Justice Kekere-Ekun said, “The medication of justness successful the twenty-first period demands much than the faithful exertion of ineligible principles.

“It requires judicial institutions that are efficient, accessible, transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the tribunal users.

“Across the world, courts are progressively embracing exertion arsenic a captious instrumentality for improving lawsuit management, enhancing entree to justice, preserving institutio...