Don’t compromise your office for personal gains – CJN tells CCT Chairman

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, connected Tuesday, called connected the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Mainasara Umar, not to compromise the bureau for selfish interest.

Justice Kekere-Ekun gave the complaint connected Tuesday successful Abuja aft she swore successful the caller tribunal chairman.

The CJN urged Umar to warrant the assurance President Bola Tinubu reposed successful him by providing principled and impartial leadership.

She urged him to beryllium courageous successful the discharge of his duties.

Kekere-Ekun said that the bureau Umar occupied “demands successful its enactment a idiosyncratic of dependable judgment, unshakable independency and the motivation courageousness to bash what is right, careless of whose interests whitethorn beryllium astatine stake.”

According to her, the way up volition not ever beryllium easy.

“The cases that travel earlier you whitethorn impact precocious stakes and delicate issues touching upon the precise psyche of nationalist trust.

“I impulse you to attack each substance with fairness and firmness, guided solely by the dictates of the instrumentality and the constitution,“ she urged.

The CJN reminded the tribunal president that his eventual loyalty is to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the constitution and the origin of justness and not to immoderate individual, radical oregon authority.

“The spot placed successful you is simply a spot connected behalf of the nation, and it indispensable ne'er beryllium compromised oregon traded for idiosyncratic oregon governmental reasons,” the CJN added.

She advised the CCT president not to let outer power to sway his judgment.

She said: “You indispensable uphold the instrumentality without fearfulness oregon favour, affection oregon sick will.

“Let your actions animate assurance successful the instauration you present lead.”

The CJN further urged the CCT president to beforehand transparency and administrative excellence.

Responding, Umar expressed gratitude for the assurance reposed successful him and pledged to administer justness with courage, fairness, and humility.

He reaffirmed his committedness to strengthening organization integrity wrong the tribunal and to ensuring that justness is not lone done but is seen to beryllium done successful each lawsuit brought earlier it.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the swearing successful of the chairman, the tribunal present has a afloat complement of 3 judges and tin present statesman to determine cases, each of which could not beryllium taken successful the lack of a chairman.

Other members of the tribunal are Justice William A. Atedze and Justice Julie Anabor.

(NAN)

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