Taraba chief judge launches digitisation of court proceedings
The Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice Joel Agya, on Wednesday commenced the digitisation of court proceedings.
Mr Agya, during a court sitting at Court One, State High Court Jalingo, said that courts would eventually be digitised after the pilot programme.
He expressed satisfaction with the application of the new technology, confirming that it had fastened court proceedings.
The Chief Executive Officer, Comprehensive Software Solutions Nigeria Ltd., the firm handling the installation of the e-court, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said that the digitisation was in line with global best practices.
Mr Ibrahim said that the process had limited challenges as it fast-tracks the speedy dispensation of sound judgements.
He added that the firm was training staff of the court on technical processes in handling the technology.
Mr Ibrahim said, “You can see it by yourself how fast e-court can enable judges in speedy handling of cases. Court proceedings that can take up to six hours today took one and half hours,” Mr Ibrahim said.
One of the counsels in the court, Michael Angwe, congratulated the CJ on the installation of the e-court.
Mr Angwe said that the electronic proceedings would go a long way in the enthronement of speedy dispensation of justice.
The court, which commenced sitting at 9:00 a.m., closed at 11:00 a.m.| after hearing eight cases.
(NAN)
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