Boko issues direct order for gov’t litigation
Friday, March 21, 2025 | 1250 Views |
Boko issued the instruction to all government legal teams that going forward there will be no litigations against citizens PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
“This is a standing instruction to all government legal teams that do not litigate against a citizen where you have clearly wronged the citizen. Do not litigate but settle. This is the approach going forward,” he said.
Speaking at the High Level Business Engagement Forum on Tuesday, the President explained that even where a lawyer can go to court and argue the case on a technicality like the matter having been prescribed there should be settlement as the substance of the matter still lingered on regardless.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...