{"id":29352,"date":"2021-05-04T06:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T05:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=29352"},"modified":"2021-05-04T06:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T05:28:38","slug":"nba-to-governors-close-of-courts-humiliates-nigerias-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/04\/nba-to-governors-close-of-courts-humiliates-nigerias-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA to Governors: Close of courts humiliates Nigeria&#8217;s democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has stated that the closure of courts across the country is a humiliation of the country&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers&#8217; associations implored state governors to meet the demands of<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u00a0the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the association at a press conference on the 10th Annual Law Week in honour of Afe Babalola (SAN).<\/p>\n<p>The body also urged the federal government to convene a meeting on insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The branch Chairman, Adeyemi Adewumi, said to attain a true separation of power, the judiciary and legislature must be independent of the executive.<\/p>\n<p>Adewumi said Section 81 (1) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, guarantees financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/financial-autonomy-we-pay-judges-millions-of-naira-as-allowance-says-ganduje\/\">autonomy<\/a> to the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that following the non-implementation of the autonomy, JUSUN and Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) sued the government twice at the Federal High Court and won.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA said the President complied and issued Executive Order 10 which authorised the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct the fund standing with the credit of the Judiciary in the consolidated revenue of each State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was challenged by the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum (NGF). 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