Plans underway on Financial Autonomy for Judiciary
After an exhaustive meeting between the Solicitor-General of the Federation, the representatives of the judiciary, Conference of Speakers, and House of Representatives, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has announced that it will ensure the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislative and judiciary institutions by May 2021.
Chairman of the NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi made the announcement after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Proffesor Ibrahim Gambari at the Statehouse.
The NGF’s comments regarding the matter is coming few hours after members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) staged a peaceful march at the National Assembly in solidarity with judiciary workers who are protesting in favour of financial autonomy in the country.
