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Judiciary fast becoming a clog in the country’s democratic process - Nigerian speakers begin new move to stem crises in states

- The speakers of state Houses of Assembly set up a committee to resolve crises in some state legislatures

- The speakers lament the alleged interference of the judiciary in some state assemblies

- They also caution the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) against unprofessional acts as it relates to the legislature

The conference of speakers of state legislatures of Nigeria has announced the setting up of a reconciliatory and fact-finding committee to intervene and resolve the crises that have enveloped state Houses of Assembly in the country.

The setting up the committee was part of the decision reached at the end of the third quarter general meeting of the conference which took place between in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

In a communiqué read after the meeting by its chairman and speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Sunday, December 9, the organisation stated that its intervention hinged on the need "to not only ensure amicable resolution of the crises, but also to ensure good governance.

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The conference cautioned the judiciary, especially the lower courts asking them to exercise caution by refraining from meddling into the constitutionally assigned roles already undertaken by the Legislature but should wait until the conclusion of such matters.

“The conference regrets that Judiciary is fast becoming a clog in the advancement of our democracy and strongly decries a wave of recent judgments undemocratically preventing state assemblies from performing their constitutionally-guaranteed functions of oversight of the executive arm of government relating to cases of bribery and corruption.

"We call on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the National Judicial Council (NJC) to check this trend before judges truncate our democracy," the communique added.

The communiqué also called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to be more professional in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities by desisting from invading and occupying state legislative houses in the country.

“The conference sees the frequent unprovoked invasions of the legislative houses by the police as unprofessional, detrimental and runs contrary to the entrenchment of democratic values and culture,” the communiqué added.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that in accordance to the order of the Senate on Thursday, November 22, operatives of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) recently ended their siege on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.

All entrances to the complex had been barricaded right from the morning of Tuesday, November 20. They are, however, opened as the police vacated the premises on Friday, November 23.

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