Institute vows to enforce good conduct
The administrator of the National
Judicial Institute (NJI), Umaru Eri, said the current leadership of the
institute was committed to improved performance, following the sacking
of its former secretary for gross misconduct.
Mr. Eri said this yesterday at the opening of a national workshop for court registrars and bailiffs, organised by the NJI.
In February, the institute sacked 35
members of its staff who were involved in certificate forgery,
stealing, and inflation of contracts. Mr. Eri said 90 percent of those
terminated were also involved in acts of insubordination.
“These renegades had for many years
constituted themselves as untouchables. They masqueraded as petition
writers, certificate forgers, and perpetrators of corruption, and under
previous administrators, stifled the growth of the institute.”
He urged the court officers to be of
good conduct, eschew corruption, and uphold the three essential
features of integrity, which he listed as: integrity, impartiality, and
independence.
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