Barely 10 days to her exit from the Supreme Court as the chief justice
of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Muhktar yesterday inaugurated the Case
Management Sytem (Electronic court) designed for the nation’s judiciary. 
By the design, all activities in the courts will be operated
electronically.
Speaking at the commissioning which was held at the Supreme Court
complex, Abuja, the chief judge of Borno State and the chairman, Judicial
Information Technology Policy Committee (JITPO-COM), Justice Kashim Zannah said
that the new innovation is to improve court efficiency, access to justice and
transparency, increase public trust and confidence in courts among others.
He added that the electronic court will solve the problem of the slow
and tedious dispensation of justice and the attendant enormous backlog of
cases.
Earlier, the CJN in her remarks, stated that the interest and support
for the implementation of the technology policy emanated from the collective
desire to perform the statutory duties with utmost professionalism.
She added that the automation project is to improve court efficiency,
access to justice and transparency thereby increasing public trust and
confidence in courts.
The CJN further stated that the automated court aligns with the vision
of transforming from the current predominantly manual court processes and its
attendant weaknesses, to technological solutions ‘tailor – made’ for Nigerian
judiciary.
About 16 courts are in the first phase of the pilot sites. They are;
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Abuja and Lagos divisions and the Federal High
Court, Abuja.
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