The Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, has harped on the importance of training and capacity development among judiciary staff, ,stressing that effective training of judiciary staff will enhance speedy justice delivery and promote efficiency in the implementation of the rule of law in the nation’s Judicial system.
Amadi reassured that training and retraining of judicial staff of the state judiciary would continue to be top priority in his administration for efficient and effective judiciary service delivery.
The State Chief Judge stated this while presenting his address and declaring open a two- day workshop organised for auxiliary judiciary staff, drivers, orderlies and protocol officers held at the auditorium of Justice Mary Odili Judicial Institute in Port harcourt, yesterday.
The state Chief Judge, who was represented at the occasion by Justice
Tomunoigoni Susan-Orji described drivers, orderlies and protocol officers as essential workers who play crucial roles in the administration of justice .
He emphasised on the need for training and retraining of judiciary staff, adding that the training was organised to attain effectiveness and safety in the judiciary system.
“Our lives are entrusted on their hand especially the driver’s who drive us,although, with out God, nothing we can do. The Orderlies and Protocol guard are first in the hands of God Almighty, they are also partly in the hands of the drivers, orderlies and protocol officers, hence, the training to enhance performance and efficiency becomes very important and reasonable,” he stated.
Amadi while declaring the workshop open, described the theme of the training, “Enhancing the Performance of the Judiciary Workers for Effective and Efficient Service Delivery” as very apt, even as he called on all the participants to take the training seriously and make good use of the knowledge that would be leant from the training to improve on their job performances.
Earlier ,the Administrator of Justice Mary Odili Judicial Institute, Port Harcourt, Justice Anwuri Ken-Chikwere, who was represented by Loretta Okezie (Esq), opined that drivers, orderlies and protocol officers are important part of the judicial service delivery, adding that at the end of the two- day training, the beneficiaries of the training are expected to be better trained, behaved and be more efficient on their job performances.
The participants will be drilled on effective communication techniques for orderlies, conflict resolution and dealing with difficult situations, road traffic laws and regulations as well as ,managing VIP visits during the two- day workshop.

By: Akujobi Amadi