Oyo Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has held its 2019 public lecture and dinner at the Faculty of Law Auditorium of the Ajayi Crowder University (ACU).
The theme of the lecture was “Fair and Speedy Dispensation of Justice: the Role of the Enforcement Agencies, the Judiciary and Legal Practitioners” and it is the maiden edition of the state’s NBA branch.
At the lecture, a High Court judge in Oyo State. Bayo Taiwo called on the state government to employ more lawyers in order to strengthen the personnel base of the government in dispensing justice.
According to The Nation, Justice Taiwo said insufficient number of lawyers at the state’s Ministry of Justice was a major impediment in the speedy dispensation of Justice.
By employing more state counsels, Justice Taiwo said there would be more hands to work on the high volume of cases being handled by the ministry which will ultimately speed up the judicial process.
The judge also enjoined lawyers in the state to shun the culture of seeking needless adjournments in court, as according to him, the practice has for long been responsible for delay in justice dispensation.
