NIGERIAN JUDICIARY: SENATE CONFIRMS THE NEW CJN.

The Senate on Tuesday 18^th November, 2014, confirmed the appointment of Justice Mahmud Mohammed as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He is to replace the outgoing CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, who is going to retire on Thursday 20^th November, 2014, following the mandatory retirement age of 70.

Justice Mahmud Mohammed

Mahmud Mohammed, who hails from Taraba state, was born on the 10^th November, 1946, and had his first degree in Law (LL.B) from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1970 and was called to bar in 1971.

He began his career in the public service with the Ministry of Justice of the defunct North-eastern and Gongola states, after which he was appointed the acting Chief Judge of Taraba state in 1991 and the substantive Chief Judge of the state in that same year.

Mahmud is well read and has a Certificate in Legislative Drafting from the Commonwealth Institute of Legislative Drafting; a Certificate in Human Resources Planning and Management from the National Institute of Public Management, Washington, USA; a Certificate of Administration of Justice in a Presidential System of Government from the Institute of Judicial Administration, University of New York, USA; and a Certificate in Government Legal Advisers Course from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK.

We hope that with his wealth of experience, he will be able to bring the much expected reforms in the Judiciary.

TAG: Mahmud Mohammed.