{"id":23421,"date":"2021-04-19T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=23421"},"modified":"2021-04-19T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:17:01","slug":"breaking-senate-asks-governors-to-implement-full-autonomy-for-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/19\/breaking-senate-asks-governors-to-implement-full-autonomy-for-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Senate asks governors to implement full autonomy for judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate on Monday urged the 36 Governors to grant autonomy to judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>It insisted autonomy for judiciary is non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, made the call while fielding questions from reporters in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Bamidele said it is laughable to be grappling with judicial autonomy at this stage of the nation\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) had declared an industrial action and nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/16\/judiciary-workers-shun-governors-appeal-fix-nationwide-protest-for-april-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> to compel governors to obey the 1999 constitution (as amended) and Executive Order 10 which granted autonomy to judiciary in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While responding to a question, Opeyemi said: \u201cIt is laughable that at this point, we are still grappling with the need to grant independence to the judiciary arm of government at the state and local government levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Assembly has been making laws that would guarantee full autonomy to the judiciary at the Federal level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Assembly does not make laws for the states; such power resides in the state Houses of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudiciary at the Federal Capital Territory is independent because we have done what we are supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is next is for the State Houses of Assembly to do what they are supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a principle, as a policy, members of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, have tried not to call on those who are protesting to stop such protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not want protests but definitely, we would rather talk more to State Governors, Houses of Assembly and other stakeholders to do the needful in the overriding public interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue to call on the judiciary to give peace a chance when we know the conditions under which they work cannot guarantee a passionate and enhanced delivery of justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about judicial reforms; we are talking about the need for justice sector reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is central and crucial to the independence of the judiciary in this country. We must not be left behind by the rest of the civilized world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody stands to lose anything by granting independence to judiciary at the state level since it has been done at the national level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that workers and staff of federal judiciary are joining the protest is only in solidarity with their colleagues at the state levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a union matter and we do not have a control over it. We are hereby calling on the State Governors to do the needful because the independence of the judiciary is non- negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo democracy can survive without being founded on the rule of law and independent judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate on Monday urged the 36 Governors to grant autonomy to judiciary. It insisted autonomy for judiciary is non-negotiable. Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, made the call while fielding questions from reporters in Abuja. 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