Looted assets: We’ve recorded appreciable milestone, says Malami

He said that the rule of law as practiced all over the world is the pivot upon which democracy revolved, stressing that the Justice sector as presently constituted was bedevilled by funding inadequacies, too much for its comfort.

According to him, lamentably however, practically all the Parastatals under the purview of the Federal Ministry of Justice are in dire need of funding.

” For me, this is as dangerous as it is disturbing because funding gaps in the face of competing challenges could endanger effective administration of Justice, and cause unwarranted travesty of Justice,” he said.

Also, Rep. Ugonna Ozurigbo, Chairman of the House Committee on Justice stated that the business of Government could not be run in a vacuum and budget approval is very critical to good governance.

He said that the exercise should be given the necessary importance it deserves, while calling on the minister for total disclosure of all material facts.