JUSTICE REFORM: OSINBAJO RECOMMENDS DAY-TO-DAY TRIALS,HEAVY PUNISHMENT FOR DELAYS.{PHOTOS}.

                   Vice President,Professor Yemi Osinbajo today monday identified delay in the administration of Justice as a major challenge that must be jointly tackled by all relevant stakeholders in the justice sector,just as he urged judges,lawyers and others to change their attitudes and stand up for what is right.Speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day Stakeholder's Summit organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice at tthe Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suits in Lagos,Osinbajo,a Senior Advocate of Nigeria {SAN},said stakeholders in the administration of justice must now begin to take the issue of delay more seriously and shun all forms of delay tactics.Osinbajo,who was the keynote speaker at the summit with the theme: ''Contemporary Trends: Catalysts For Justice Sector Reform in Lagos State,'' called on the judiciary,as a way out of the problem,to embrace day-to-day system for trials and heavy punishment for deliberate act of delay aimed at stalling cases.
The Vice President,who was represented by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,Mr Abubakar Malami {SAN},said it was also important for the judiciary to introduce significant cots for delay occasioned especially by lateness,ill-preparedness or deliberate tactics.While alluding to plethora of statistics and judicial decisions especially a 2014 English Court of Appeal judgement where it was stated that cases take up to a generation to be resolved in Nigeria occasioned by catastrophic delays,' Osinbajo said stakeholders must now resolve to address the issue of delay once and for all in the collective interest of all.He took a swipe at some judges who would not sit on time and rise early and lawyers who file frivolous applications and employ other delay tactics as well as shoddy police investigation,and admonish them to desist from such.''If we can agree that these problems are against our collective interest as practitioners and stakeholders,then we must make a firm commitment to tackle the problems by changing our attitude and standing up for what is right,''. Osinbajo said.More photos below.