We’ll continue to prioritise judges’ welfare – Ambode

 

Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday said his administration would continue to give utmost priority to the welfare of serving and retired judges in the State so as to enable them continue to give their very best to the economic prosperity of the state.

Ambode, who spoke when the outgoing Chief Judge of Lagos state, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said his administration on inception in May 29, 2015, embarked upon reforms in the judiciary to improve on their service delivery noting that the Lagos state had become a reference point of how the judiciary should run.

Alluding to the fact that appreciable progress has been made by the judiciary in the last two years of his administration, Ambode said part of the reforms was to ensure that judges who retire after meritorious service to the State are comfortable after retirement.

He said: “Reforms in the judiciary are a continuous thing and in areas, in which we have not done utmost well as you so much envisioned, we would improve on them and we would also ensure that we make life comfortable for our retired judges as you move into that club. I am very particular about the welfare of judges, which is a very sacred institution that we must continue to ensure that even in retirement there is so much for them to look back for the efforts they have made.

“That is why it is very easy for us to bring some of our retired judges to continue to serve us because that basket of knowledge is not found everywhere and we cannot afford to disconnect with the knowledge possessed by our judges.”

 

 

 

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