A group, Anti-Corruption Network, has asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar, to reverse the appointment of the 12 new judges appointed for the National Industrial Court. In a petition by its Executive Secretary, Dino Melaye, and addressed to Mukhtar, who doubles as the Chairman of the National Judicial Council, the group alleged that the Judges had no considerable knowledge and experience in the law and practice of industrial relations and employment conditions The petition, entitled, ‘Illegal Appointment of Judges of the National Industrial Court’, read, “We have confirmed that the National Judicial Council under your able and incorruptible leadership has recently approved the appointment of 12 lawyers as judges of the National Industrial Court. “We wish to draw your attention to the illegality of the appointment as none of the 12 candidates is qualified under Section 2(4) of the National Industrial Court Act, which states as follows: “A person shall not be eligible to hold the office of a judge of the court unless: The person is a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so qualified for a period of not less than ten years and has considerable knowledge and experience in the law and practice of industrial relations and employment conditions in Nigeria; or he is a graduate of a recognised university.”




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