Appraising the concept of justice and advancing the course of justice delivery in Nigeria

Abstract

The quest for justice is as old as human kind. Ever since humans started living in groups, systems have been put in place to help them  resolve their differences. This article extensively appraises the concept of justice as well as the state of justice delivery in Nigeria because  of its reverberating importance. It utilized the doctrinal research methodology and ultimately found that the justice delivery system in Nigeria is very poor and fraught with debilitating challenges. However, the said challenges are not beyond resolution. Accordingly, this  work advances certain recommendations to help address this issue, including the creation of more specialized courts, adopting a federal  system of judiciary and radically altering the system of appointment of judges and judicial officers in Nigeria. It is fervently expected that  a faithful implementation of the recommendations herein advanced should go a long way towards extirpating the problems encountered  in justice delivery and reposition same, a situation which will be of incalculable benefit to all.