Unless the Supreme Court may become a glorified high court if it not adequately funded. 

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja at the public presentation of Nigeria’s first book on Construction Law, authored by Mrs Ewuwuni Onnoghen-Theophilus. 

The former CJN said that justices of the apex court have been suffering in silence since 2008 when their salaries and emoluments were last reviewed by government. 

Onnoghen said that some justices of the apex court still live in rented houses in unsuitable areas in the Federal Capital Territory. 

He also said that the chambers of the Supreme Court justices are unbefitting of their status and appealed that the court be properly funded to enable the justices perform optimally in a conducive environment. 

According to him, while he was in charge at the apex court, he headed a team comprising the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Solicitor-General of the Federation which prepared a new welfare scheme on the order of the Federal Government. 

He, however, said that the welfare scheme report which would have enhanced the condition of service of the justices had been jettisoned. 

He therefore, pleaded that funding of the judiciary should be immediately looked into with a view to improving it because of the critical role of the judiciary in nation building. 

Justice Onnoghen further canvassed that appeal cases should not get to the Supreme Court as of right but by leave of the court to eliminate congestion in the workload of the court. 

“There must be a rethink on issues affecting the judiciary because without a strong legal profession, you cannot talk of the rule of law,” he said. 

He commended Onnoghen-Theophilus, author of the book, and appealed that youths should be encouraged to contribute meaningfully to the general development of the country. 

For his part, former Attorney-General, Mr Bayo Ojo (SAN), applauded the resourcefulness of the author and expressed optimism that the book would serve as a veritable tool to address crisis in the construction industry in Nigeria. 

The publisher of the book, Mr James Onoja (SAN), said that laws on construction industry as brought out in the book would serve as a guide to players in the industry, especially considering the incessant cases of collapsed buildings. 


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