The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has blamed the
1999 Constitution for the state’s inability to appoint more High Court judges.
The Governor, who expressed hope that the ongoing
constitutional review process will address the situation, said those who
drafted the constitution foisted a unitary judiciary on a federation.
He said this at the swearing-in of new High Court judges,
commissioners, members of statutory commissions, and chief executives of Kaduna
State Government agencies, held at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim
House on Friday.
“I congratulate the new High Court judges on their
appointment. Left to us, we should be swearing in many more persons as judges
today,” El-Rufai said.
“The credibility and effectiveness of the law and order
strategy depend on the speedy dispensation of justice.
“Speedy justice cannot be dispensed by overworked judges. We
want to lighten the burden of our judges but our ability to appoint more of
them is constrained because the National Judicial Council has to recommend to
us to appoint.
“This is an anomaly introduced by the drafters of the 1999
Constitution who effectively foisted a unitary judiciary on a federation.
“We hope that the ongoing constitutional review process will
remedy this contradiction so that we can double the number of high court judges
we have in Kaduna State because we can pay for them, we can take care of them
and we can lighten their workload accordingly.”
The Governor congratulated the newly sworn-in officials,
adding that he repositioned some of them so that they will have a rounded view
of government.
He said, “I want to use the opportunity to congratulate all
our officials that have been sworn in today. Many of them have been with us
since 2015. Many are on their third or fourth jobs.
“This is how we do it in this administration. We move people
around so that they will have a rounded view of government.
“What we are doing is that we are preparing leaders for the
future. We hope that among those we have sworn in today will be a future
governor of Kaduna State.
“They will only be able to do that job well if they have a rounded
view of government, not being in one ministry, department or agency for eight
years.
“Every job in public service is important, from the person
that cleans the toilet to the commissioner and the governor, they are all
equal.
“There is no demotion in public service because we are
serving the people of Kaduna State.”
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