Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the appointment of judges in Nigeria should be more rigorous.

Speaking on Tuesday at the 2022 justice sector summit organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Justice Research Institute in Abuja, Osinbajo said it is “stunning” that the process for evaluation of judges in Nigeria “is one of the least rigorous processes imaginable”.

The vice-president, who made a comparison between Nigeria and foreign countries like the United Kingdom, said the appointment of judges should involve critical evaluation of candidates.

“In the United Kingdom from where we derive most of the structures of our judicature, applicants to judicial office in superior courts go through several screening processes. At some point, it was 17 stages, including written examinations, interviews and role-play exercises,” he said.

“They are subjected to rigorous background investigations covering professional credentials and abilities, public records, judicial pronouncements, personal financial affairs, evaluation by the bar association on integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament.

“And in the US, supreme court appointments involve rigorous public screening by the senate, which sifts through the entire public, and sometimes private lives of candidates.

“That is the nature of the rigour that anyone who should hold the power of life and death, and power over other people’s livelihoods, should go through.

“It shouldn’t be a ‘take a bow’ situation at all. It must be rigorous because the moment the person is appointed into a high office of that sort, they are unleashed as it were on the rest of us.

“The robustness and transparency of the processes in these jurisdictions provide comfort to the candidates of the fairness of the selection process and enables the public to have front-row seat in some of these processes.”

On the remuneration of judicial officers, Osinbajo said the conditions under which they operate should be good enough to attract the best of minds.

“Judicial remuneration and welfare are critical,” he said.

“Why should a judge earn so much less than a federal legislator? There is no basis for it whatsoever. We should in fact benchmark without necessarily creating fresh legislation because the legislature doesn’t have any legislation about their own salaries.

“The truth of the matter is that the responsibilities of the judge or justice of the supreme court/court of appeal are such they must be well remunerated.

“They are such that when they retire, they must be able to go to homes that they own in decent places where they live. That’s the way it should be.”

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Enough of fixing relatives who are not even suppose to be in the position. We have politicise everything in this country and it is part of the reason why there is clog in the wheel of our progress

This man is the most competent of all the presidential hopefuls, I swear.

Any, buy & sell fast on www.nairads.ng

daroz:
This man is the most competent of all the presidential hopefuls, I swear.

Yes, Osinbajo is very solid.

If Asiwaju could be gracious enough to concede the ticket to him, that will be spectacular.

Either way, it must be a Yoruba agenda in APC and all hands must be on deck.

daroz:
This man is the most competent of all the presidential hopefuls, I swear.

Eye service

He is the VP

He knows the people he should tell

He is the No 2 man in the system and a SAN

anochuko01:


I sometimes don't understand why so called learned people just choose to remaind dumb!

A vice president in Nigeria has NO POWER to do anything, except the ones assigned to him by the President. Take out time to check what he did when he was officially made the acting President. That would give you a snippet into what he'll achieve if given the opportunity.

Nigeria would forever regret if this man isn't voted into office next year.

He is a coward and a hypocrite

Nigeria will regret it more if he becomes the president

Atleast, he also now believes that VP cannot do anything even talk to his principal

Anyone who condemns Buhari yet campaign for Osibanjo is sick

First speak on the quota system appointment given to the present chief George.

wisdom from the VP

God bless our amiable Vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo.

The man wey sabi....

STARBOY AND ZULUM 2023.

All sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians dey una back gidigba......

kayusely70:
You're very much in order brother!

Thanks Chief Kay!
We can see you want the progress of our nation,
Unlike some people (dem know themselves )

Btw, we no be brother o,
We are simply WE.

I'd vote this man if presented as their candidate, for personally sake even though I detest apc. His action as acting president shows he'd not condone ineptitude and wouid do well. He's got age on his side too. The sack of daura on the account of corruption by him while bubu was away didn't go well with the fulanis till tiday. Elrufai sef flex muscle by intimidating him but he remained undeterred. Somebody should advise Mr Chicago to step down for him.

In Bayelsa the Governor appointed his second wife as an high court judge, Wike of Rivers appointed Dr Peter Odili's daighter

The High Court Judge on average has atleast 1000 case docket to handle at all times most of which are awaiting trial..

When you appoint lazy incompetent rich elite as judges, you'll keep getting adjournment like Justice Nyako of IPOB/Kanu trail, or biased Judgement as in the case of Injustice Mary Odili and Rhodes, or case selection and withdrawal as the case of Justice Ojuckwu and Bulkachuwa


.

If APC does not give its ticket to starboy, that means it wants to play bet9ja virtual with its chances

post=109697036:
God bless our amiable Vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo

MPAMA!!!

Sadly; I agree with him on this
Everything is now being politicized in this country including the appointment of judges

It would take more than a hundred years to fix Nigeria

LegendHero:


Yes Osinbajo is very solid.

If Asiwaju could be gracious enough to concede the ticket to him, that will be spectacular.

Either way, it must be a Yoruba agenda in APC and all hands must be on deck.

do you think a fulani hausa man will vote a Yoruba in place of his brother

Hausa fulani will vote Atiku PDP

And you know the population of the North

But, we have way too many lawyers in Nigeria already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpPoZJxYhA

What do you expect from a useless country with useless leaders

DanielAlhassan:
do you think a fulani hausa man will vote a Yoruba in place of his brother

Hausa fulani will vote Atiku PDP

And you know the population of the North

The dynamics have changed.

The Northerners are not that tribalistic when it comes to Voting pattern.

Mr president sir.

Supported

TheRareGem1:
Enough of fixing relatives who are not even suppose to be in the position. We have politicise everything in this country and it is part of the reason why there is clog in the wheel of our progress

You have tribalised everything in your country, that's the albatross to your success.

A qualified and active judge should be appointed and not just by politics and this we have impact in our judicial system

But why is he talking and acting like he's not part of the government or is it the citizen that appoints judges ?

Like For Osinbajo
share For Tinibu

Sane honest and hardworking Nigerians

TheRareGem1:
Enough of fixing relatives who are not even suppose to be in the position. We have politicise everything in this country and it is part of the reason why there is clog in the wheel of our progress

You've spoken very well and reasonably too! A lot things should urgently be reviewed for the country to move forward.

Good... Youth understanding and loving President in waiting. If APC make another avoidable mistake by presenting another Buhari in the person of Tinubu as their flagbearer, Nigerians will suprise them.

Blame the Abok!s institutionalized
devilish QUOTA system ..they prefer to take a bow and go o.. You expect those backdoor ,Toronto abok! s law graduates to go through anything intelligently rigorous?.,for dia CUNTrey Op, you funny o.. Even grammar and proper articulation hard bulhari!!

LegendHero:


The dynamics have changed.

The Northerners are not that tribalistic when it comes to
Voting pattern.

e go shock you

Have you been to the north before

Do you know there slang

Born to rule

I will advice you not to believe whatever the hausa fulani says

You will believe it when the turn their back and vote for there brother