CAN, Club Seek Inclusion In Multi-Door Court House

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Okpo Club, a lawyers social club have sought inclusion in the multidoor Court House, the new alternative resolution court being promoted by the State Government.
Making their views public last week Wednesday during the public hearing of the State Arbitration Bill 2018, and Multi-Door Court House bill the two bodies hailed the state government for the initiative.
Head, Legal team of CAN, Deacon Promise Uchegbuo submitted that the law was overdue, considering the pressure on judges in the law courts.
Uchegbuo said, “It will give vent to the people’s yearnings, it will help the church in handling some of its matters in house”.
Barrister Uchegbuo insisted that the Church should be in corporated in the Multi-Door Court House Board, saying: “The church sees this as an opportunity to settle some maters and not allow it to escalate”.
For the spokesman of Okpo Club, Barrister Chukuma Chinwo, suggested the need for capacity building for traditional rulers and justices of peace so as to induct them with the new state alternative dispute resoluton window, which the multi-door court house provides.
Chinwo further recommended that legal backing be given to resolutions, such that it will have force of law once any case was settled.
Throwing light on the Multi-Door Court House bBll, Chairman of the House Committee on Justice, Hon. Sam Ogeh explained that it will reduce the hiccups in justice delivery.
Ogeh, said the court had become necessary because of the load on the courts and that once an alternative was provided parties will seek other windows to settle their disputes in a fair and quick manner.