Buhari swears-in Solomon Arase as Police Service Commission chairman, CCB members.

 

 

Obiora Ifoh, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore- in former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. Solomon Arase as the new Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC).

Arase takes over from Mr. Musliu Smith, himself a former Inspector-General of Police, who resigned in September, 2022 after which a member of the Commission Justice Clara Ogunbiyi (rtd) resumed as PSC Chairman in acting capacity since September 15, 2022.

President Buhari performed the Swearing-in ceremony shortly before the commencement of this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Meanwhile, the President also swore-in five members for the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

The members are Murtala A. Kankia from Katsina to represent (North West); Zephaniah Ishaku Bulus from Nasarawa to represent (North Central) and Farouq Umar from Yobe state to represent (North East).

Others are, Abdulsalam Taofiq Olawale from Ondo State to represent (South West) and Prof. Juwayriya Badamasiuy from Kogi State to represent (North Central).

The Council also observed a minute silence in honor of former Chief of defence Staff, Oladipo Diya.

Mr Diya, a retired lieutenant general, who served as the Chief of General Staff to the late head of state, Sani Abacha, died on Sunday 26th march 2023 at the age of 79.

He was the military governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985.

 

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Trade Fair: Enugu Multi Door Courthouse debuts, offers free Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

The Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouse (ESMDC) has urged Enugu residents to embrace its services as the alternative way to resolve their individual, families and group disputes.

 

Mrs Stella Nkwachukwu -Mbah, the Head of Business Development and Advocacy Unit, ESMDC made the call at the ongoing 34th Enugu International Trade Fair holding in Enugu on Wednesday.

 

She said that Multi-Door Courthouse was court connected through the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and urged the residents to make good use of it.

 

Nkwachukwu -Mbah added that the court provided other mechanisms that the residents could explore such as arbitration, mediation and initial evaluation, reconciliation and hybrid processes.

 

She regretted that in spite of the court’s inception in the state since 2018, many residents were not aware that the Multi- Door Courthouse existed in the state.

 

The business development head explained that they were at the 34th Enugu International Trade Fair to create awareness and to make people in the state see reason to embrace their services.

 

“So visit us at T17 (Inside the Tent) at Trade Fair Complex Golf Estate G. R. A. Enugu.

 

“We provide speedy, cost effective and user-friendly access to justice. The disputes we handle are civil, tenancy, contract, commercial, debt recovery, matrimonial, land dispute, family dispute and employment, among others.

 

“The Settlement Agreement is binding and enforceable as it becomes a court judgement,” she said.

 

She added that they also provided free mediation services for disputes that were initiated within the period of the Trade Fair, urging residents to key into the opportunity by bringing their disputes/cases for settlement.

 

She outlined poor funding, difficulty in getting the respondents to process the applicants’ case as their major challenges, stressing that most applicants did not know the exact address of the respondents.

 

Nkwachukwu -Mbah assured the people that 90 per cent of the cases coming to the court were professionally handled as they had trained mediators and lawyers.

 

“This is a court that helps in the decongestion of courts and reduce prolonged cases in courts,” she added. (NAN)