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Strengthening the Nigerian Judiciary

The UNODC's Strengthening and Judicial Integrity and Capacity project intends to:

...assist the Nigerian authorities in the development of sustainable capacities within the Nigerian judiciary and to strengthen judicial integrity. Its aim is to contribute to the re-establishment of the rule of law in the country and to create the necessary preconditions for handling complex court cases in the area of financial crimes...[continue reading]

In the words of the National Democratic Institute the country has witnessed:
...an increasingly independent judiciary that has responded in a timely manner to electoral complaints following the 2007 polls and increasingly acts as an important check on executive power...[continue reading]
And despite expected growing pains the leading anti-corruption organization-The EFCC- continues to make demonstrable progress:
...despite the young age of this agency, and the fact that its human and operational capacity has been boosted up from a few dozen staff in 2004 to currently more than 1,200. EFCC achievement reports include more than 400 prosecuted cases, recovery of more than US$ 5 billion for the state budget, and the ongoing investigations into several previous governors and other high-rankings. Importantly, EFCC results are contributing to changing perception and action at national and international levels...[continue reading]


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