Governor Muhammed Abubakar has directed the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to workout modalities for sanitising the rot in the Judiciary by structuring and reengineering it to make it key in the restoration agenda of his administration for the purpose of fast-tracking the dispensation and administration of justice to all in Bauchi State.

The governor stated this shortly after delivering a goodwill message at the official commissioning of the J.K. Gadzama Court in Abuja, maintaining that his administration has zero tolerance for corruption and is ready to make example of anybody found with corruption.

Some of the most pressing issues the governor directed the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to work out immediate answers in the Judiciary that affect the smooth administration of justice in the state are overstaffing of the judiciary that has resulted in over-bloating staff salary bills and the provision of befitting and necessary infrastructure to accommodate Magistrate courts, High courts, Shari’ah courts, which have either been dilapidated or operating from rented quarters.

Abubakar assured that his restoration agenda will see to the provision of courts with permanent structures in order to get them the necessary comfort that is required in dispensing justice, while training and retraining of judicial staff will continue to taken to the front burner.

It will be recalled that during the 2015 legal year the governor had inspected some of the contracts awarded by the past administration at the headquarters of the judiciary, where he lamented the dilapidated state of the structures and asked the contractors to return to site and complete all projects, while assuring that “my administration will pursue the continuity of all ongoing projects initiated by the past administration as long as such projects are viable to the people and government of Bauchi State.

What I will not tolerate is any contractor or anybody for that matter taking public funds without delivering on the contractual agreements entered into, that will be unacceptable. Work as agreed or return the monies advanced to you.”

The governor had in the 2015 reviewed budget asked for the budgetary allocation to the judiciary to be raised above the two per cent earlier appropriated by the past administration and great respect to the rule by obeying court orders regardless of whether they are favourable or not have remained the hallmark of the M. A. Abubakar administration, which has never attempted to influence court decision because of the is belief in the sanctity of the court.