The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, in agreement with recent calls from judicial stakeholders, said that the Nigerian judiciary needs a 21st-century transformation.
Ariwoola stated this at the 3rd conferment of the National Judicial Institute Fellowship Awards held at the National Judicial Institute, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Delivering his opening address at the event, the CJN explained that he considered the keynote lecture titled “On the Cusp of History: Nigerian Judiciary and the Challenge of Transformation in the 21st Century,” delivered by Professor Ademola Popoola, most appropriate, given the nation’s state of its judiciary system.
According to him, “It is an appropriate topic that will offer a panoramic view of the Judiciary’s past developments in the present dispensation and possibly a preview of the desired state of affairs.”
