During the inauguration of the Magistrate Courts Complex in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, President-elect Bola Tinubu pledged to introduce policies and incentives that would make corruption unattractive to judges and other legal officials working in the judiciary.
The President-elect noted that it was essential to provide the right incentives that guarantee a conducive working atmosphere and policies that make it easy for workers to acquire credit facilities for essential needs, thereby reducing the temptation for corruption.
Tinubu emphasized that judges should not have to operate in squalor or hazardous conditions, stating that the lack of consumer credit makes them susceptible to corruption.
In attendance at the event were Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and several governors, including Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun).
Tinubu commended the Nyesom Wike administration for providing judges and magistrates with the best working and living conditions.
Tinubu reiterated his commitment to the unity of Nigeria, promising to be fair to all. He also pledged to review the lack of consumer credit and hazardous working conditions of judges in a policy think tank.
In a related development, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Cole, explained why he failed to identify with the President-elect during his visit to the state to inaugurate projects.
Cole said that Wike ought to be the governor of all Rivers people and should have invited the APC in Rivers State to inform them of the President-elect’s visit.
Tinubu clarified his “I owe you nothing” response to Wike’s request for refunds for projects in the state, stating that he meant he would not promise Wike anything because his tenure had not started.
He noted that poverty of thinking and reasoning was responsible for the wrong interpretation given to his statement, emphasizing that it was time for Nigerians to tolerate one another and live together.