President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate seeking approval for a series of judicial reforms aimed at increasing the number of judges across key courts in the country.
This is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio and read during plenary on Tuesday, in which he requested an amendment to the Court of Appeal Act to raise the number of justices from 70 to 110.
According to the President, there is the need to strengthen the court and address the growing volume of cases.
Similarly, he transmitted a bill seeking amendments to the Federal High Court Act to increase the number of judges from 70 to 90, up from the original provision of 50 judges.
Tinubu urged the Senate to give the bill expedited consideration.
The Senate President, after reading the letter referred the proposed amendments to the Committee on Rules and Business for further legislative action.
In another communication, Tinubu sought the Senate confirmation of the appointment of Justice Oyewole Joseph Kayode as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He also transmitted a Court of Appeal Amendment Bill proposing the establishment of an Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR Centre to facilitate the settlement of appropriate cases outside the traditional court system.
The Senate President referred the bill to the Committee on Rules and Business for further legislative inputs