The Abia State Government on Tuesday said it has begun the digitalisation of its justice delivery system to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of legal services in the state.
The state Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna, disclosed this during a press briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Umuahia.
Mr Uwanna, who is also the state Attorney General, said the adoption of digital platforms in the administration of justice in the state would be done in phases.
“The first phase in the court digitalisation is scanning court documents from the Probate Registry to the High Court to the Magistrate’s Court and Customary Court. The arrangements have been made for the scanning of all those documents.
“The (scanned) documents would be properly indexed and stored to ensure that whatever the document is, within a split second, you can find it in the central storage system.
“It also extends to the Ministry of Justice….
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