Aloma Mariam Mukhtar

Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCON (born 20 November, 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July 2012 to November 2014. Quotes “After my assumption of office as Chief Justice, 198 fresh petitions were filed; of this number, 150 were found to be frivolous, 15 are awaiting responses from Judges and only 21 were slated for consideration.” “Let me quickly add that the fight against corruption in the judiciary is not only targeted at judicial officers but also against any member of staff of the judiciary who finds luxury or convenience in engaging in corrupt practices or engaged in any other unwholesome conduct." “It is a notorious fact that this category of workers has in the past caused leakages of judgments written by judges which were yet to be delivered." “Litigants’ applications are at times not filed in their case files thereby denying the judges from acting on them. Some of them midwife between the litigants and the judges in the sale of judgment, or provide information to litigants on how some judges can be approached to compromise his or her judgment. All these they do for fee at the expense of judiciary integrity and image.” “We are now thinking of looking at the performance evaluation of the judges for the purpose of discipline. If a judge cannot deliver three to four judgments in a year, there is no use keeping him on the bench other than to be shown his or her way out," “When there are reforms, there are bound to be people who are not happy at all, because there are people who do not want change. But I defied whatever it is that may bring problem and ensure that things are properly done. That is what this is all about, for things to be done properly. That is all. It is for the interest of the institution, not for anything else. “I don’t bear any grudge against anybody. I don’t go out of my way to victimize anybody. All I wanted was to improve what was on the ground and the system. And I am happy that some are appreciating even if some others are not. It is natural that those, whose shoes one had stepped on will not be happy with one. But I take it in my stride, it is natural. As long as the generality of the public think that I have improved the system that is very satisfactory to me” External Links Category:1944 births Category:Women born in the 1940s Category:Africa Category:Living people