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National growth forecast down to 5.5%
lSenate begins budget consideration January Chukwu David and Philip Nyam
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he Federal Government yesterday downgraded Nigeria’s growth forecast to 5.5 per cent in 2015, down from
an earlier projection of 6.4 per cent, in response to plummeting global crude prices that have lowered the country’s revenue.
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Chukwu will alwaocha: Why North ys head S e up r e m e r n e r s Court
Richard Chu kwuocha , in this inte with CHIJ IOKE IREM rview EKA, spea northern ks on the dominan ce of the over othe Supreme r regions Court and conc it was time luded that stakehol ders look ‘anomaly’ ed at the with a view to redressi ng it. Justic
e Mahmud Mohamme the 14th Chief d is after anoth Justice of Niger er north ia Mariam Aloma Mukherner, Justice the office tar, vacat statutory after attaining the ed age of 70. meant exclu Is sively for the office northern extraction judges of ? The promoted nort hern ers are to the younger Bench erners, age unlike the at a southwhere people to the Bench moved well in prac tice. With advanced Bench, it beco age on the for the mes diffic younger the hiera ones beca ult based on rchy on the Benc use as supp date of appointmh is osed to ent the date the Bar. of call For insta nce, if I to Bar 20 was calle person, years ago and anoth d who was Bar years called to er the evated to after me but was he has the Bench befor elautomatica e me, my senio lly become pointmenr. It’s the date of apdeter minet to the Benc h the Benc s seniority. Andthat regulates h, it’s seniority on strat that In other ification. word senior judge beco s, the most ministrat mes the the Chie ive judge or becomadf es Court of Judge or Presi dent, may be. Appeal as the that the So, due to the case northerne fact Chukwuocha Bench younger rs get to the from the than peop le sible for south, it becom es pos- positions. them to occupy We have such a number from the of months south that staye CJN and Bench befor six months d two on This does e their retire the ment you have not make sense . . If High Courbeen a judge Due to the of fact came for t and opportunthe the northern that FOLUSO the uppe you to be eleva ity OGUNMOD r ted to that you Bench and you to the Benc ers get EDE JUDICIARY are EDITOR h retiremen close to the know foluso.ogunm age of than peop younger t, the best hold back newtelegraph odede@ le from for a youn thing is to online.com © Daily Telegra to go. south, it beco the ger perso ph Publish n ing Compa When possible for mes ny Limited you have you accept that them to occu nity of blocked the oppooffer, py a younger such posi rtuperson tions go-
the Fede ratio of the Cour n or the Presi dent t of Appe the Chie al or even f High CourJudge of the Fede t. ral In fact, northern there are other Mahmud senior judge s still conti and that trend after nue. I will ber the last time, can’t rememern beca when a south High Courme the President t. It’s a big of problem. So, what is situation? the way out of this We need to unde that there rstan is a prob we will lem, then,d begin to problems deal with the to the root,squarely by otherwise going miss it. we will Until peop le from ern part the south gether of Nigeria come and reali toneed to vie for andze that they offices like CJN, occupy high judicial eithe r in system this trend or other the wise, would conti abated. nue unThe south should deal with begin to recourse that, especially The olderto federal char with the youn ones should acter. allow not all ger ones to go in. It’s about self. become Until we selfless, won’t come these thing . Law s self, it’s all abou is not about t the peop le. What are the proce ing earlie r for thesesses of applyin judiciary? high rankin g To quali fy, you spent 10 years at would have when there the Bar. So, is an to fill a vacancy opportunity Court, in the if then you you are avail High rules say can apply, butable, , ing to such 10 years you would have the at the spent posit is wher Until peop Bar. e the northion. But this advantage erners have to apply earlyle are encou over us, , the trend raged erners. change. the south - is made When such appliwill not This is cation and they to judic why, when you lawy saw er has done that the iary high come you disco could be well, ver that hierarchy, considered then, he erners I know . have been the northof an NBA the posit man, occupyin chairg yet who was very time and ion of a CJN for he was adva appointed nced until the will continue to long asked, . And of do so address southerners decid he to the what importanc I the judiciary e move the issue and begine to cause system is he woul right and to belawyer younger impact befor dn’t make any to the How man e his retiremen This woul bench earlier. opportuni d afford them him? He y years are left t? should the for the posit ty to grow to either the younger lawyhave allowed ion of Chief er to go Justice in. of
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