Council Call For ‎ Clearer Judgements In Maritime

The Executive Secretary, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) Mr. Hassan Bello has called for sound, clearer and coherent adjudication of disputes in the maritime sector as key to attracting and sustaining investments to Nigeria. Bello stated this in Abuja during a courtesy call by the organising Committee, International Maritime Seminar for Judges, (where he is a member) on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The NSC CEO also noted that the judges’ sound judgments on maritime cases is instilling confidence into foreign investors. “So many things are happening in Nigeria. The diversification of the economy is happening and a lot if investments coming into the country. “If international investors see a coherent judiciary, they will come and invest here.

But for some time now, the judgments on the maritime disputes by the judiciary have received international acceptance and commendation and I think it’s as result of this seminars that we have held over the years” he noted.

The committee visited the CJN to brief him on the seminar coming up in July 2018 even as they solicited his support for the seminar that is fashioned to build capacity for the judges in dealing with maritime disputes. The committee also visited the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa and the Administrator, Nigerian Judiciary Institute (NJI), Justice Rosaline Patricia Irorefe Bozimo and prayed for their support as well. culled from leadership.ng