The Senate Tuesday mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to go ahead with the probe of the crisis in the Judiciary by looking into the complaints raised in the petition by the Justices of the Supreme Court.
It also tasked the Committee to interface with the three arms of government, as well as at the Bar and on the Bench to collate aggregate views and positions on the short term, medium term and long term measures needed to decisively address the crisis facing the Judiciary.
Such measures the red chamber resolved, must include the immediate fiscal intervention as well as long term and sustainable budgetary allocations, required for the optimal performance of the Judiciary, in line with global best practices.
These resolutions were sequel to a motion brought to the floor by Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central).
Coming under Order 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Orders 2022, as amended, Senator Bamidele recalled that…
