PRESS RELEASE: NJC Completes a Full-scale Automation of its Meetings and Operations - 15th March, 2021

The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council, Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad, CFR has disclosed that as part of the continued measures aimed at ensuring that the Justice system is not crippled in the face of threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Council has completed a full-scale automation of its Meetings and operations.
This is intended to herald a regime of electronic system to the Council’s document management, marking a significant departure and paradigm shift from the current paper-based operations.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria represented by the Deputy Chairman of the Council, Hon Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, who stated this at the Automation Retreat for members of the Council said the NJC Chambers is now re-designed, retrofitted and equipped with a state of the art technology with inbuilt Security/Access control for the use of Council members.
The re-designed Meeting Chamber has the following features:
Voice tracking/Audio conferencing
Full video/Audio recording of meeting with (playback)
Call button-for assistance
Wireless presentation/Video Call
Video Conferencing for Members who are not able to attend
Intelligent System
Retractable Tables
Enhanced Audio/Speakers Systems
Secured access to meeting rooms
Acoustic environment to eliminate echo and possible eavesdropping and avoidance of any listening devices
Improved lightening
Befitting restroom, canteen and lounge

The features of the E document management include but not limited to the following:
Instant Access to update version
Selective or complete printing
Remote access
Sharing documents during virtual meetings
The E document also has the following Security/access Control mechanism:
Only authorized members and Secretariat can download (if needed)
It is possible to track who and what is done to a document
In case of Committee assignments, only Committee Members can have access to documents pertaining to their respective Committees.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria commended the NJC Secretary Ahmed Gambo Saleh, Esq for galvanising his Staff as well as Consultants to achieve this Technological milestone.

Soji Oye, Esq
Director, Information

Posted on: Mon, 15th Mar, 2021