Borno State Acting Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, has charged newly appointed judges in the state to uphold integrity, impartiality, and professionalism in the discharge of their duties.
The Acting Governor gave the charge on Thursday at the Government House in Maiduguri while presiding over the swearing-in of the six newly appointed High Court judges.
Kadafur said the appointments were aimed at improving efficiency and public confidence in the judiciary and part of efforts to strengthen justice delivery in the state.
The Acting Deputy Governor disclosed that the state government would continue to provide support for ongoing judicial reforms.
He noted that the state had been implementing reforms to modernise judicial processes, including the adoption of electronic filing, digital case management systems and access to online legal resources to reduce delays.
In his remarks, the Chief Judge of Borno State, Justice Kashim Zannah, congratulated the judges and described their appointments as a call to serve humanity.
“You must embrace digital reforms- technology had become essential to improving efficiency and access to justice.
“The judiciary must remain impartial and dispense justice without fear or favour,” Zannah said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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