Prison Congestion: FG set to convene national summit on justice — AGF

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, made the disclosure at the opening session of a three-day national stakeholders’ forum on the review of the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 & Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of States.

In his keynote address, the AGF, Fagbemi, SAN, maintained that a cardinal point of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, “is the commitment to ensuring that the criminal justice system of our country is more responsive to the demands of Nigerians for a simple, fast, efficient, effective, fair and trustworthy system for dispensation of justice.”

“Accordingly, in conducting this review of the ACJA/ACJLs, we need to ask ourselves pointed questions regarding the nature and workability of the strategic amendments that we need to do in order to make ACJA/ACJLs respond to critical challenges and needs of our society. “The Federal Ministry of Justice is making plans with relevant stakeholders to convene a National Summit on Justice to consider and adopt a revised National Policy on Justice, 2024 – 2028.”

“It has therefore become imperative to properly address issues arising directly from these constitutional changes. Central among these issues is the need for expedited collaboration and coordination between the respective States of the Federation and the Nigerian Correctional Service, for the purpose of ensuring proper structuration and delineation of responsibilities on custodial and other correctional matters.

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