Sanwo-Olu Asks Judges To Maintain Resilience, Dedication, Commitment

Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, connected Monday, urged judges successful the State’s judicial assemblage to uphold the principles of fairness and integrity successful the discharge of their duties to Nigerians.

Sanwo-Olu, speaking astatine the 2025/2026 ineligible twelvemonth thanksgiving work held astatine the Christ Church Cathedral, Marina, said that an autarkic and courageous seat is indispensable for the regularisation of instrumentality and safeguarding citizens’ rights.

The governor, who was represented by his wife, Dr Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, besides reaffirmed his committedness to enhancing justness delivery, judicial independence, and ongoing reforms successful Lagos State.

He asserted that the judiciary is simply a captious pillar of democracy, and that the 3rd subdivision of authorities indispensable uphold its resilience, dedication, and sacrifices to support the state unchangeable portion besides strengthening nationalist spot successful the courts.

Sanwo-Olu stated, “As we measurement into this caller ineligible year, I promote you to clasp it with renewed strength, wisdom, and humility to enactment justly, emotion mercy, and locomotion humbly with God.”

He besides highlighted immoderate of his administration’s policies to amended entree to justice, including the motorboat of caller signifier directions connected non-custodial sentencing successful September 2025, a first-of-its-kind inaugural successful Nigeria, on with investments successful judicial infrastructure, technology, and welfare.

He further mentioned, arsenic portion of his achievements, the caller commercialized tribunal successful Tapa, Lagos Island, aimed astatine transforming the medication of justness and boosting the easiness of doing business; recently completed residential apartments for magistrates and ineligible officers successful Ketu; and a caller Deputy Sheriff Warehouse successful Majidun to unafraid properties tied to ongoing tribunal cases.

The politician besides pointed to reforms successful lawsuit management, the digitalisation of tribunal processes, and the usage of alternate quality solution methods, describing Lagos arsenic “a shining illustration for the remainder of the nation.”

In his message, Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, praised the authorities government’s unwavering enactment for the judiciary.

He described Governor Sanwo-Olu and his lawman arsenic beardown pillars successful the medication of justness successful Lagos State.