Nasarawa Honours PPDC For Contributions On Access To Justice

The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC has been honoured for its contributions to advancing access to justice and promoting clinical legal education in Nasarawa State.

This is contained in a statement signed by the head of communication and knowledge management of PPDC, Miss Munachi Okoro, and made available to newsmen in Keffi yesterday.

She said the commendation was at a seminar organised on Monday by the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) Law Clinic.

Okoro said during the seminar titled “Assessing the potency of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Nigerian Criminal justice system” PPDC’s role in advocating for legal reforms in the state and beyond was acknowledged.

“This development is reinforcing its position as a leader in the access to justice space in Nigeria,” she noted.

According to her, PPDC’s role in fostering collaboration with the United States Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in implementing the Reforms Pre-trial Detention in Nigeria (RPDN) Phase II project by empowering law clinics including indigent inmates of various custodial centres was also commended.

She said the Nasarawa State program manager of PPDC, Mr Joshua Uba, expressed appreciation for the recognition and pledged the organisation’s commitment to drive instrumental legal reforms and enhanced access to justice in the state.

“The success of this event marks another step in PPDC’s broader mission to reform pretrial detention systems and advance justice reforms in Nigeria, ensuring that pretrial detainees are not forgotten and that viable alternatives to detention are explored and discussed at all levels,” she added.

She described PPDC as an NGO and social enterprise dedicated to fostering transparent and accountable governance while increasing citizens’ participation in governance processes.