Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, praised Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for his unwavering dedication to and resolve in the state’s justice sector reform.
He gave the compliment during a special luncheon the governor hosted for the minister and senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice on Friday at the Government House in Kano.
It was included in a statement that Ganduje’s chief press secretary, Abba Anwar, provided to reporters on Saturday in Kano.
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Malami was in Kano for top management retreat of the ministry, with the theme, “Enhancing Systems and Structures in the Federal Ministry of Justice for Effective Justice Sector Service Delivery.”
“When the federal government came up with the issue of fighting against corruption and justice sector reform, Kano followed suit. So also in the area of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission strengthening system, Kano followed suit,” he said.
Adding that, the state needs to be commended for all the success recorded in the justice sector.
Kano, according to him, “also matched the federal government in the area of infrastructural development in the judiciary,” while assuring that, the choice of Kano was not accidental, he noted that, “Kano has consolidated the spirit of the Retreat.”
In the area of infrastructural development, the Minister observed that, Kano was among the frontline states in the area of flyovers and other infrastructural development.
In his brief remarks, governor Ganduje disclosed that, “A Committee on the Administration of Justice was established to strategise on how we can decongest our correctional centres across the state, as directed by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“We are trying to assist the Judiciary, so that the administration of justice can be in compliance with the global best practice. That is part of the reason why we are also making the sector digital.”
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