NCJ Recommends Appointment Of Justice Tanko Muhammad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 11, 2019
The National Judicial Council, NJC has recommended toPresident Muhammadu Buhari, the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as thesubstantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN.
NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye said this in astatement in Abuja after the Council rose from an emergency meeting.
The meeting which was initially presided over by JusticeUmaru Abdullahi considered and approved the recommendation of its InterviewCommittee that screened the two candidates presented by the Federal JudicialService Commission to it for appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Subsequently, the plenary of the Meeting presided over bythe Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad, recommended to theGovernors of Sokoto, Lagos, Anambra, Ebonyi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, and JigawaStates, eight successful candidates for appointment as Chief Judges and GrandKadis for the States.���2}m3�