Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday presented 24 SUVs to High Court judges, as part of efforts to enhance the welfare of judicial officers in the state.
The governor said while presenting the vehicles to the judges in Kaduna that more vehicles would be provided to other judges.
He said: “The next beneficiaries will be Khadis of Sharia Court of Appeal and judges of the Customary Court of Appeal. They will be delivered soon by God’s grace, not only the incoming judges but also the existing ones.”
Mr El-Rufai also disclosed plans by the government to construct housing estates for senior judges.
Judges are currently accommodated in government buildings across the state.
“We believe that if we develop housing estate where all the senior judges will be in comfortable accommodation, with clubhouse and shopping facility, they will have a self-contained community and better security,” he added.
The governor said the government was working on retirement and post-retirement housing scheme for judicial staff.
The state’s chief judge, Mohammed Bello, thanked the government for the gesture, saying it was first of its kind.
“It is an honour done to the judiciary, where each judge will have a car given to him by the state government,” he said.
Bello revealed that he was having talks with the National Judicial Service Commission on the redeployment of 47 additional judges to the state.
