The Attorney General of the Federation ( AGF)and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, has pleaded with Attorneys General across the 36 states of the country to support the anti-graft war being waged by the present administration.
Malami made the call on Thursday while addressing the meeting of the Body of Attorneys General on in Abuja.
The Minister appealed to the Body of Attorneys General that those that are yet to establish reform teams and anti-corruption policies and units to immediately conform so as to provide the desired synergy in tackling corruption, fraud and security challenges confronting the nation.
He explained that the essence of the reviewing Justice Sector Reform Plan was to make justice accessible to all Nigerians at all situations.
Malami said: “The Justice Sector Reform Plan-currently under review sets out a vision that seeks to provide timely and accessible justice to all Nigerians in an efficient manner regardless of their ethnic group, gender, marital status, age, economic status, disability, religion, belief, culture, language or any other attribute. Our objective is to restore public confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria.”
The AGF held that the Body of Attorneys General would achieve their vision in reviewing the Justice Sector Reform Plan through four key strategic objectives which includes efforts in strengthening Legal Drafting and Law Review Process, Strengthening Prosecution, Adjudication, Enforcement and Asset Recovery Mandates, Strengthening Public Engagement and Accountability Systems and also Support International Cooperation and National Coordination across the Justice Institutions and with the Judiciary, and the Legislature.
He further stressed that the overall objective of the reform plan review was to develop and implement a broad-based reform programme for the justice sector in Nigeria aimed at key priority areas and identifying funding gaps for the sector.
He said, the review is also expected to x-ray the strategy for engagement with the public and how the Justice Institutions would be assessed over the next four years.
