According to the performance of the Bwari Campus of the Nigerian Law School, the calibre of graduates produced by the school positively impacts the adjudicatory process in Nigeria.
This view was shared by the Chief Judge of Kogi State, Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi, when he received the Director-General of the Bwari Campus of the Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, in his office at the Judiciary headquarters in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Monday.
According to Saqeeb Saeed, Chief Information Officer of the High Court of Justice, in the State, the DG was accompanied to his Lordship’s Chambers by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Muizudeen Abdullah, SAN, with whom the Law School Don was on a facilities evaluation tour of the Faculties of Law across tertiary institutions in the state.
The CJ extolled the impact of Law School campuses across the country, saying they had become enduring citadels of learning, propelling the country’s legal sector in the right direction.
Prof. Chiroma’s productive input at the Bwari Campus, particularly since becoming the Director-General, was commended. The CJ observed that the campus’s graduates were excellent and urged his visitor to look up to posterity.
“We are happy that you are interested in grooming the young professionals. Posterity will particularly guide us in whichever way we help humanity.
“I was thrilled when the AG told me you were coming to inspect the Faculties of Law in the state. You may not know the impact of what you’re doing now, in terms of how much you are impacting our Law School students with the highest level of discipline and commitment to their assignments. The products we have from your school are excellent. They are well-taught and well-cultured, and these are all to your credit,” stated the CJ.
Revealing the appraisal of trainees from the campus by Kogi Judges, the CJ said the school has not only taken learners within its foundational projection, but the intellectual inputs by tutors in Bwari were noticeable whenever students from the school embarked on attachment programs to the courts.
He added that the experiences of Kogi Judges depict those of well-trained, intellectually driven, purposeful, and ethically professional graduates. By his estimation, a combination of these qualities is presently being tapped across courts in the state. It even gives a bright future to the legal profession in the country. He averred this just as he craved sustenance.
“As a member of the Body of Benchers, and going by the standard we have set here to check those coming for court attachment, I make personal observations of their professional conduct before I append my signature.
“We will continue to practically complement your efforts in producing the quality of professionals you desire, and you’ll always be proud of the Kogi State Judiciary, “ he said.
In line with this assurance, he said the Judiciary has been working with the Federal University, Lokoja, to ensure the school’s Law Faculty meets the expected standard.
“In anticipation of your visit, we were invited by the Federal University, Lokoja, and we offered what we could to complement the marvellous job they have done in making sure they meet the set standard for their Faculty of Law. I am sure too that you’ll not be disappointed when you visit other tertiary institutions in the state offering Law,” added the CJ.
In his remark, Prof. Chiroma applauded the state Judiciary for offering the support needed by the Law Faculties of tertiary institutions. He expressed satisfaction with his observations at Salem University, which he visited earlier in the day.
He added that legal delivering institutions in the country would only improve when all human development entities take their responsibilities with the needed attention and dedication so that the profession continues to thrive beyond expectations.
Amongst the reasons for the assessment of Law Faculties, he said, were that Tertiary institutions in the country offering Law were in a process of sustaining advancement in the quality of those called to the Bar, and Kogi State was a focal point.
Attention mustn’t be shifted from the fulcrums of the academic process that incubates the legal profession, as allowing that would derail the original intent of the existence of the Law School. Since the inception of the School in the country, improving on laid down standards would endure this, the DG said.
The visit conveyed determined collaboration efforts at directing human and material resources towards an acceptable module of nurturing legal practitioners in the country. The CJ agreed with the DG that sustained Synergy between the Judiciary and all schools concerned was vital for the overall success of all Faculties of Law in Kogi State and the country.
The DG’s entourage included the Law School’s Ms. Aderonke Osho, Council Secretary and Director of Administration; Dr. Silas Akinwumi, Director and Law Librarian; Mr. Dalmat Mamiso, Chief Admin Officer; and Mr. Mohammed Gambo Gujba, NBA’s representative on the Council of Legal Education, who received the visitors. Justices Angelina Salihu and Moses Gwatana and the management of the High Court of Justice, Kogi State, were with the Hon. Chief Judge.
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