By Emmanuel Nduka
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is to launch nationwide deployment and use of Virtual Court Proceedings in Nigeria’s Correctional Centres.
This was announced on Friday in a statement signed by Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
The statement informed that Malami is to launch the pilot project for the deployment and use Virtual Court Sitting facilities at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja from next week Monday.
“Expected at the occasion are the Honourable Minister of Interior; Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Controller – General of the Nigerian Correctional Service; Halilu Nababa as well as members of the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion.
“The Secretary of the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion, Leticia Ayoola-Daniels working with the representative of the supporting organization; Mrs. Oyinye Ndubuisi of the UNDP are working assiduously to ensure the achievement of the laudable project,” part of the statement read.
According to statement, the initiative is one of the strategic interventions by the Malami office and the Federal Government towards engendering lasting reforms in the Criminal Justice Sector in Nigeria.
The development, is part of the process to implement the Post-Covid-19 Justice Sector Plan marshalled out by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in April 2020, Gwandu added.
