Ogun State - Amosun Lauds Judiciary For Reviving Law Report

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 Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has commended the state’s judiciary for resuscitating the publication of selected judgments of high courts in the state.The report was last published in 2006. Governor Amosun, who gave this commendation during the presentation of the 2012 selected judgments by the state Chief Judge, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade in his Oke-Mosan Office, Abeokuta, said the act was a proof of the administration’s commitment to the development of all the arms of government.

‘’There is no way the history of Nigeria will be written, particularly in the legal profession without giving prominence to Ogun State. “The authorities cited in this edition can rival any judge in the world because we have very hardworking and erudite judges’’, the Governor said. He said that the stride would help in facilitating speedy delivery of judgments, crisis resolution as well as deepening of democracy as the judiciary is the last hope of not just the masses but all and sundry. Senator Amosun added that, ‘’it will serve as reference materials for public servants, industrialists, students, entrepreneurs and legal practitioners respectively.

The governor commended the Law Reporting Committee headed by Justice Lanre Mabekoje for a job well done, and asked that the report should become a tradition that all residents of Ogun state can look forward to annually. Presenting the Selected Judgments, the state Chief Judge, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade said that the volumes 1 and 2 of the 2012 Edition of the law report consists of judgments on various issues of law including administrative law, contracts, law of evidence, matrimonial causes, practice and procedure, customary law and procedure, land law, and the issue of jurisdiction of the courts, among others.

Via: Ogun State Government - Official Press Release