By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Taraba State Chief Judge, Justice Joel Agya, on Wednesday commenced the digitisation of court proceedings in the state.
Agya, during a court sitting at the Court One, state High Court Jalingo, said that all courts would eventually be digitalise after the pilot programme.
He expressed satisfaction with the application of the new technology, confirming that it had fast-tracked court proceedings.
Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer, Comprehensive Software Solutions Nigeria Ltd, the firm handling the installation of the e-court, said that the digitisation was in line with the global best practices.
Ibrahim said that the process has limited challenges as it fast-tracked speedy dispensation of sound judgments.
He added that the firm was training court Staff on technical process in handling the technology.
” You can see it by your self how fast e-court can enable judges in speedy handling of cases.
“Court proceedings that can take up to six hours today took one and half hours,” Ibrahim said.
Mr Micheal Angwe, one of the counsels in the court congratulated the CJ on the installation of e-court.
Angwe said that the electronic proceedings would go along way in enthronement of speedy dispensation of justice.
Our correspondent reports that the court, which commenced it sitting at 9 am closed at 11 am after hearing eight cases.
