Niger State Judiciary Set to Fill Vacancies for High Court Judges and Khadis’ As 85 Applicants Jostles…. NigerInfoBulletin

 

Niger State Judiciary Set to Fill Vacancies for High Court Judges and Khadis’ As 85 Applicants Jostles…. NigerInfoBulletin

Up to 85 persons have indicated interests in the vacancies at the state judiciary. NigerInfoBulletin learnt that while 32 applicants are jostling for three seats at the state High Court, 24 Sharia Court judges have already applied for the vacant Khadi seats at the Niger state Sharia Court of Appeal.

 It was also learnt that the Chief Registrar of the High Court, the Secretary of the state Judicial Service Commission and all the Directors in the state Judiciary except one have shown interest in the high court seats.

These is in addition to over a dozen private legal practitioners that have also applied for the available seats while interview of applicants is expected to commence soon. 

  NigerInfoBulletin gathered that “the submission of applications has closed while the NSJC Secretary is ready to transmit the list to the Chief Judge of Niger state, Justice Aisha Bawa Bwari who will in turn transmit same to the National Judicial Service Commission (NJC).”

It was also learnt that officials of the NJC will soon visit Niger state to inspect High court facilities including court rooms, accommodation and other facilities in preparation for the appointment of the new judges. 

The Secretary of the Niger state Judicial Service Commission, Abdulrahamam Garafini confirmed this to NigerInfoBulletin in Minna, the state capital that the process of appointing the appropriate persons to fill the vacancies has already begun.

 He explained that thorough screening of the applicants will ensue to enable the Commission to come out with only those who met the stringent criteria stipulated by the NJC for the appointments.

He further explained that, “there are three vacancies for high court judges and two for Sharia Court of Appeal Niger state. We have 32 applicants for high court and 24 for Sharia Court of Appeal.  Screening will soon commence in accordance with criteria set by NJC for such appointment and only those who scale through that would be shortlisted for interview”.