The Federal Government has called on the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Judicial Council to institute a reform-oriented review of the practice and procedure of the ECOWAS Court of Justice to avoid conflicts with national courts.
Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, who made this call, said the review should make the court realize its envisioned potential as a respectable regional court.
He said the challenges confronting the judiciary or the justice system in general across the West African states are identical in terms of judicial autonomy, provision of funding and infrastructural facilities for the courts, among others. In the same vein, he said member states also share the challenges confronting the region in terms of economy, migration, integration, insecurity, enforcement of fundamental rights.
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