The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said
that his administration was investing in Federal Judiciary infrastructure
because the Federal Government has abandoned her responsibilities to the people
of the state.
Wike made the claim when members of the National Association
of Rivers State Students from the Nigerian Law School paid him a courtesy visit
at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
According to the governor, his government was compelled to
make such investment in federal courts because they were left to rot.
He said, “After Lagos State, the next state with the highest
number of litigations is Rivers State. Yet the Federal High Court in Port
Harcourt was dilapidated, the National Industrial Court was non-existent and
the Court of Appeal has been in a sorry state.
“To ensure that our people have access to justice, we
resolved to construct a new Federal High Court complex with six modern
courtrooms and state of the art facilities. That complex will be commissioned
in May.
“We have proposed the demolition of the existing old Federal
High Court so that we can build a new complex with more courtrooms.”
By Seun Opejobi
