The Judicial Integrity Project which commenced in 2016, continued its court observation exercise after the release of findings from the first quarter. In that quarter, the findings revealed that 59% of the time, the courts observed in Abuja sat, with 61% cases on the cause list attended to.
The release of second quarter observation held on 28th of March 2017 revealed amongst others that staff support (99%) is visibly adequate for the FCT Judiciary, however constitutional guarantees such as legal aid services / assistances (21%) and facilities to aid access with disabilities (34%) are still poor in the courts.
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