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.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), disclosed this yesterday during the opening of the three-day stakeholders summit on the Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria.
He said the summit had become necessary as so much had happened since the passage of ACJA in 2015.
He said the development of the National Policy on Justice in 2017 was through a collaborative platform of the federal and state governments, which identified some of the root causes of the failures and inadequacies in the justice system.
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He said, “ACJA is one of the few key legislations that both the federal and state governments share so much common grounds, as with common worries and concerns.
“The reason for this is not far-fetched, namely: the effectiveness and functionality of the criminal justice system, and indeed, the entire justice sector, has a direct effect on the overall development, stability and sustainability of any society.”
