Sanwo-Olu Asks Judges To Remain Dedicated, Committed

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged judges to uphold the principles of fairness and integrity successful the discharge of their duties to Nigerians.

Sanwo-Olu, who spoke 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, whose wife, Dr Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, represented, 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 strengthening nationalist spot successful the courts.

Sanwo-Olu stated, “As we participate 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 launching caller signifier directions connected non-custodial sentencing successful September 2025, a first-of-its-kind inaugural successful Nigeria, and investing 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 Majidu to unafraid properties tied to ongoing tribunal cases.

The Governor 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, Lagos State Chief Judge Justice Kazeem Alogba praised the authorities government’s unwavering enactment for the judiciary.

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