FIDA Abuja branch hosts continuing legal education workshop on ACJA and Anti-Corruption legislations

It was the man of letters, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, who said: “There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”

To ameliorate the continued perpetration of injustice under the cover of the law, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, Abuja branch recently carried out a Continuing Legal Education Workshop on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) and Anti-Corruption legislative frameworks in Nigeria

L-R: FIDA Abuja Chair, Maureen Chibuzor Nwosu, and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service at the event

The project which was funded by Mac-Arthur Foundation was geared toward strengthening the collaboration among Criminal Justice Actors, deepening their knowledge of Criminal justice frameworks as well as ensuring effective implementation of the ACJA and other Anti-corruption legislative frameworks in the focal states.

Participants

A statement signed by the branch’s Public Relations Officer, Olosen Victoria Ibiezugbe said participants were drawn from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Judiciary, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Correctional Service Officers, Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Prosecutors from the Nigeria Police Force, and the Federal Ministry of Justice, and FIDANs working in the Justice sector.

Event’s facilitator Mr. Samuel Asimi

According to Ibiezugbe, the presentation made by the event’s facilitator Mr. Samuel Asimi of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) focused on four thematic areas:

1. Overview of Corruption within the Nigerian Criminal justice system— types, causes, challenges, and linkages to specific criminal justice institutions.

2. Overview of the ICPC and EFCC establishment Act as it relates to fighting corruption in Nigeria.

3. Overview and innovative provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law in the fight against Corruption in Nigeria.

4. Gender Mainstreaming and Corruption.

Participants

 To give a peek at the facilitator’s presentation, she further stated, the following topics were discussed:

– The effect of corruption on women.

– Reduced access to justice and resources for women and how it interlinks with corruption.

-The need for gender-sensitive research data and collation.

– Whether there is a gender-sensitive approach in the investigation, reporting, adjudication, and prosecution of cases.

R-L: Mrs. Kate Olusuyi of the Federal Ministry of Justice and another participant

Participants at the end of the programme were awarded certificates by the Chairperson of FIDA Abuja, Maureen Chibuzor Nwosu who also expressed gratitude to the event’s sponsors for their continued support to FIDA Nigeria over the years.

Mr. Rasheed Ajao conducted the pre-training evaluation exercise.
L-R: Ijeoma Agwu, Former PRO FIDA National and FIDA Abuja Chair presenting her with the certificate of participation
A cross-section of participants

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