Law/Judiciary
Rivers CJ Tasks Magistrates On Dedication
The Rivers State
Chief Judge, Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamankara, has urged Magistrates in the state judiciary service to be dedicated to duty as a way of reciprocating the state government’s gestures in improving their welfare.
Justice I. Lamankara gave this charge during the handing over presentation of 57 official cars bought by the state government for the magistrate in the state at a brief ceremony held in the judiciary complex over the week end.
The state Chief judge who stated the gesture was the fulfillment of the state governors promised to magistrates and added that the governor has justified his administration’s avowed commitment in administration of justice in the state.
She described the occasion as epoch making as it was coming to the judiciary as at time when the economy of the state and the entire nation were striving to survive and added that the judiciary would remain grateful and committed to the present administration in the state.
“What we are witnessing today is a genuine and resolved commitment by the governor and by example administration of justice in the state,” she stated.
She used the opportunity to thank the governor for the various projects embarked upon and executed in the judiciary with his one year in office even as she urged the magistrates to be focused in the discharge of their various duties.
Akujobi Amadi