Welfare key to judicial independence – FCT Chief Judge

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, has described the payment of judicial officers arsenic an organization necessity alternatively than a privilege, saying improved surviving and moving conditions are indispensable for an autarkic and effectual judiciary.

He spoke connected Wednesday astatine the statesmanlike commissioning of the recently completed 20-unit Judges’ Quarters successful Abuja, wherever helium said the task represents a strategical concern successful the medication of justness and the strengthening of antiauthoritarian institutions.

Justice Baba-Yusuf noted that the lodging project, which was flagged disconnected little than 2 years ago, was completed wrong grounds time, describing it arsenic a objection of purposeful enactment and committedness to judicial reforms.

“What started arsenic a vision, nurtured and driven by the relentless dedication of the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has yet unfolded into thing extraordinary,” helium said.

According to him, the commissioning goes beyond the unveiling of residential buildings, arsenic it reflects deliberate efforts to sphere the dignity of judicial bureau and trim the anxieties associated with mediocre surviving conditions and post-service welfare.

“The payment of judicial officers is not a privilege. It is an instit...