‘Poor Funding Threatening Judicial Independence’, Says Katsina CJ

The Chief Judge of Katsina State, Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar, has warned that inadequate backing threatens the independency of the judiciary and undermines nationalist assurance successful justness delivery.

Justice Abubakar, successful an interview, described backing arsenic the foremost situation facing courts, noting that contempt being a abstracted limb of government, the judiciary is often treated similar an bureau that is babelike connected the executive.

“The judiciary is not an bureau but a co-equal limb of government,” helium said. “Yet, resources meant for it are released precocious oregon successful inadequate amounts. Without funds, we cannot summon witnesses, behaviour investigations, oregon adjacent negociate logistics for trials. This is simply a nonstop onslaught connected justice.”

Justice Abubakar emphasised that fiscal starvation not lone cripples tribunal operations but besides erodes citizens’ close to just and timely trials. With constricted manpower and mediocre infrastructure, helium noted, courts conflict to support gait with rising litigation driven by colonisation maturation and insecurity.

“We cannot talk of speedy trials erstwhile the basal tools are lacking, adjacent reforms we introduced specified arsenic assemblage quality solution centres and restorative justness are constrained by deficiency of funding. The radical endure erstwhile justness is delayed”, helium said

According to the Chief Judge, systemic delays are worsened by mediocre financing of investigations and prosecutions, leaving galore transgression cases, including coercion and corruption trials to resistance connected for years. Prison congestion remains precocious contempt efforts to discharge those wrongfully detained oregon eligible for bail.

He restated his ambition to guarantee that wrong 5 years, nary civilian oregon transgression lawsuit lasts longer than 1 twelvemonth successful Katsina courts, but stressed that the people is unrealistic without fiscal autonomy.

Justice Abubakar urged some national and authorities authorities to prioritise afloat implementation of fiscal autonomy for the judiciary arsenic enshrined successful the constitution.

He argued that lone guaranteed resources tin alteration the judiciary to execute its law work without interference.

“My bequest volition beryllium for the Katsina judiciary to beryllium remembered arsenic a strategy wherever justness is swift, fair, and accessible, but this cannot hap if courts are starved of funds. Judicial independency is meaningless without fiscal independence”, helium said.