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Chief Judge lied – Attorney General

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November 2, 2016
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The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Abia, Umeh Kalu, has described as “erroneous”, the state Chief Judge, Theresa Uzokwe’s claim that she had no official residence in Umuahia.

Ms. Uzokwe had in her speech at the opening of a new legal year said that she had no official residence in Umuahia and that she was operating from her private residence in Aba.

She said that her official residence in Umuahia “is dilapidated and in a state of disrepair”.

Reacting to the comment in Umuahia on Tuesday, Mr. Kalu expressed shock over the comment, saying that the chief judge’s official residence in Umuahia was undergoing renovation.

The commissioner said, “she is the one doing the renovation and she is doing it at her pace.

Umeh Kalu
Umeh Kalu

“She appointed the contractor, brought the quantity surveyor who quantified the renovation work which came to N80 million and she was given the initial sum of N30 million to commence work.

“So, it is erroneous for her to claim that she has no official residence.”

Mr. Kalu said that the state government acceded to her request to renovate the building because previous acting chief justices before her did not live in the building, hence the dilapidation.

He said that before her present appointment, she headed the Aba judicial division and lived in her private residence, while the government still paid her monthly housing allowance.

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“It is a well known fact that all government officials, including judiciary staff of that category who live in their private residences, are always paid their housing allowance, irrespective of where they live so long as they are living outside government residence.”

“Government has never defaulted in the payment of her housing allowance, while she is living or operating from her private residence, since she was appointed into office,” the commissioner said.

He, therefore, expressed dissatisfaction with her comment, “when she is the one supervising the renovation”.

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Mr. Kalu said that the state government had started the implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure with N40,000 minimum wage.

He said, “all the judges in the state have two official cars and we are at the verge of changing the cars for them to be at a par with their colleagues in other parts of the country.”

On the issue of financial autonomy for the judiciary, he said, “as a lawyer I want financial autonomy for the judicial arm of the government but it has to be when the state is financially stable.”

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