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By Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo
The Chief Judge of Taraba State Justice Joel Agya, on Wednesday commenced the digitisation of court proceedings in the State.
Agya, during a court sitting at the Court One, state High Court Jalingo, said that all courts would eventually be digitised after the pilot programme.
He expressed satisfaction with the application of the new technology, confirming that it had enhanced efficiency of court proceedings.
Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer, Comprehensive Software Solutions Nigeria Ltd, the firm handling the installation of the e-court, said that the digitisation was in line with the global best practices.
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Ibrahim said that the process has limited challenges as it ensures speedy dispensation of judgments.
He added that the firm was training staff of the court on technical process in the handling the technology.
”You can see it by your self how fast e-court can enable judges in speedy handling of cases. Court proceedings that can take up to six hours today took one and half hours” Ibrahim said.
Mr Micheal Angwe, one of the counsels in the court congratulated the CJ on the installation of e-court.
Angwe said that the electronic proceedings would go along way in enthronement of speedy dispensation of justice.
