Judiciary Paralyzed

By Grace Q. Bryant
The Judiciary Branch of Government is said to be struggling to address existing administrative constraints owing to what has been described as the lack of proper logistical and budgetary support.
It has been noticed that for a considerable period of time the various courts at the Temple of Justice have overly stressed the need for logistical support as court rooms are now running out of stationery supplies.
According to our judicial reporter, courts’ administrators have been mandated to improvise especially when addressing the looming logistical constraints whilst others have decried the lack of other incentives for courts’ staff including judges.
Our reporter also observed that since the opening of the February Term of Court, the various courtrooms have struggled to cater to their stationery needs and that cases have been rescheduled at several courts due to such crisis.
Although none of the judges or courtroom staff was willing to be quoted on record, a source who spoke on anonymity disclosed that the current situation at the Judiciary branch of Government has worsen, and that there is nothing actually being done to remedy the situation.
Our source hinted that if nothing is done urgently to resolve the current situation at the courts, cases will continue to be pushed forward to an unspecified date, an act that amounts to delay of justice.
The source pointed to a number of constraints currently facing the courts ranging from the failure to repair the elevators to the demeaning absence of light bulks and fans in several courts.
What is even worrisome is the inability of the judiciary to provide needed stationary supplies for the smooth operations of the court system.
Additionally, the communication Director Ambrosh Nmah when contacted told our reporter that in this situation they will blame the Ministry of finance because since July 2019, they refused to give Judiciary budget for operational support.
He maintained that if the Ministry of Finance has given them the money, they will not struggle with Supplies, so they are management the little they have, until they can get supplies.
” I am facing the same problem in my office right now, I don’t have light bulb so I had to used my own money to buy bulb” director maintained.