{"id":128775,"date":"2024-08-23T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ensure-radical-judicial-transformational-reforms-agbakoba-to-cjn-kekere-ekun"},"modified":"2024-08-24T00:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T23:41:56","slug":"ensure-radical-judicial-transformational-reforms-agbakoba-to-cjn-kekere-ekun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ensure-radical-judicial-transformational-reforms-agbakoba-to-cjn-kekere-ekun","title":{"rendered":"Ensure radical judicial transformational reforms \u2013 Agbakoba to CJN Kekere-Ekun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Olisa Agbakoba, on Friday urged the newly sworn-in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to ensure radical and transformational judicial reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Agbakoba said the judiciary urgently needs a radical transformation which Kekere-Ekun should champion.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the CJN who attempted to champion judicial reform was the late Justice Dahiru Musdapher.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, titled: Need for Transformational Judicial Reforms is urgent,\u201d Agbakoba said: \u201cWe are witnessing yet another ritual of handing over of the Judicial baton with the swearing in of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s not about swearing in. It\u2019s about whether we will see radical reforms finally. The last great reform CJN was the Late Dahiru Musdapher!!! I was his consultant on Speed of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, CJN Musdapher only had 6 months in office. He set up a high-powered 29-person committee that produced a transformational report. The Late CJN led a team to the then president of the senate, David Mark, to present far-reaching reforms to the constitutional structure of the Judiciary. As soon as the CJN turned his back everyone forgot about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe potential legacy of the new CJN is transformational and radical reform with the fundamental objective of case management driving how the courts work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Olisa Agbakoba, on Friday urged the newly sworn-in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to ensure radical and transformational judicial reforms. Agbakoba said the judiciary urgently needs a radical transformation which Kekere-Ekun should champion. 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