Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says his administration will continue strengthening the judicial sector to ensure effective justice delivery in the state.
The governor who made this pledge during a courtesy visit by the Okpo Club of Nigeria to his office in Port Harcourt, stated that his government will establish a new judicial division in Bonny to reduce the problems of justice delivery.
He said that the possibility would be carefully studied in order not to expose the state to torturing legal processes from divisional high courts.
The governor restated his administration’s stance against politics of exclusion.
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He assured that every ethnic group in the state would benefit from his developmental projects.
He said that the National Judicial Commission (NJC) was constitutionally empowered to recommend who becomes a chief judge and urged the judiciary not to politicise the appointment of officers by the NJC.
He enjoined the leadership of Okpo Club of Nigeria to be forthright in leading the association.
Wike also urged the club to resist the temptation to politicise their activities and ensure all members work as a team.
