The Senate on Tuesday began legislative action to expand Nigeria’s federal judiciary, as lawmakers advanced two bills seeking to increase the number of judges of the Federal High Court and justices of the Court of Appeal in response to growing case backlogs and delays in the administration of justice.
The bills, which scaled second reading during plenary, were subsequently referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters for further legislative scrutiny and are expected back before the chamber within four weeks.
Leading debate on the first bill, which seeks to amend existing laws to increase the number of judges of the Federal High Court, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, said the proposal had become necessary due to the expanding responsibilities of the court and the rising volume of cases before it.
He noted that the Federal High Court exercises exclusive jurisdiction over key sectors of the
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