LAZY JUDGES IN TROUBLE

LAZY JUDGES IN TROUBLE
Before now only a particular type of Nigerian Judges was having it tough with the National Judicial Council, the employer of judges in Nigeria. This particular type is the corrupt judge, particularly those prone to bribery. Since 1999, the advent of the so called 4th republic quite a number of judges have been shown the door for corrupt and other closely related vices.
Now another type of judges will soon be having sleepless nights, this type is the lazy drones, who love the pomp, perks and pageantry of the judicial office but not the labour.
The National Judicial Council which has approved mouth watering salaries and allowances for judges nationwide (least paid judge to receive #600,000.00 monthly salary and annual 2million naira for medical trip allowance) is poised to weed out non-performing judicial officers by the creation of a new bench-mark of gauging the productivity of judges.
For a Chief Judge of any High Court to come within the minimum approval range of his employers, he has to deliver at least four judgements in three months, while a judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal would have to deliver at least seven judgements in same period.
To be in good standing with the NJC, a Chief Judge of the High Court would need to deliver at least six judgements in three months while a High Court Judge and a Court of Appeal would have to deliver at least twelve judgements in three months. (Please see the table below)
To ensure compliance, the NJC is said to have set up an active monitoring team to enforce the new regulation.