The Director-Common of the Nigerian Regulation College, Prof Isa Hayatu Chiroma, on Tuesday, disclosed {that a} whole of 888 candidates failed the ultimate bar examination performed in November 2023.
In response to him, out of the full variety of 5,300 candidates that sat for the ultimate examination, solely 4,412 had been profitable, with 251 candidates reaching firstclass.
The DG made this identified on the call-to-bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday, noting that, “I might be presenting at this call-to-the Bar ceremony a complete of 4,412 candidates who had been profitable on the November 2023 bar ultimate examinations, in addition to 14 candidates from earlier bar ultimate examinations.
“I’m pleased to report on the great efficiency recorded by the candidates, as seen within the Government Abstract under: Excellent/Common Efficiency
“(a) Complete variety of college students who participated within the examinations: 5,300.
“(b) Complete variety of profitable candidates: 4,412
“(c) The Nigerian Regulation College is proudly pleased to report {that a} whole variety of 251 candidates bagged a first-class grade within the final bar ultimate examination. That is certainly an impressive, glorious efficiency and, after all, unprecedented.
“(d) These figures translate to 83.3% success on the bar ultimate examinations,” he stated.
The chairman of the Physique of Benchers, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court docket, Mary Peter-Odili, described the present interval as unhealthy for the judiciary, including that confidence within the judiciary was dwindling because of the spate of conflicting judgments and indiscipline amongst attorneys.
She stated, “It’s a unhealthy interval within the sense that the judiciary is being bashed and public confidence within the authorized system is dwindling, occasioned by incessant conflicting judgments in our courts and flagrant indiscipline amongst attorneys.”
In response to her, the Physique of Benchers had arrange a committee to deal with the difficulty of conflicting judgments.
“In a bid to deal with this vexed difficulty of conflicting judgments, the Physique of Benchers constituted a committee made up of rating members of the career.
“The committee will provide you with the very best methods of addressing the issues.
“When the Committee completes its project and presents its report back to the Physique of Benchers; it should, upon consideration and approval, be forwarded to the related our bodies for implementation,” she said.
She urged the brand new attorneys to keep away from all types of corruption in addition to conduct that would tarnish the picture of the judiciary.
Peter-Odili stated, “You may have been referred to as to the bar in an important historic interval within the authorized career in Nigeria; a interval when the great, the unhealthy, and the ugly are all working on the identical time.
“The great, to the extent that the Supreme Court docket now has the total complement of justices required to man the court docket.
“The great, to the extent that the welfare of judicial officers is being taken significantly and the Physique of Benchers, alongside different related our bodies, is championing the method.
“I’ve learn within the papers concerning the elevated funding of the judiciary, which is a optimistic improvement. I hope will probably be backed by satisfactory launch of funds as and when due,” she stated.
Among the many new wigs had been a former Governor of Rivers State and rapid previous Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi.
