The Oyo State Government on Sunday said that its Multi-door Court Law of 2017 targeted at ‘liberalizing dispute resolution space and promoting access to justice for all residents’ has been passed by the state House of Assembly.
It stated that as soon as the clean copy was produced by the House of Assembly, the Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi would sign the bill to law to make it effective.
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwaseun Abimbola in a statement made available to DAILY POST explained that with the law, mediation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution options will become readily available pathways to resolving disputes.
Abimbola stated that the Oyo State Judiciary had already earmarked a facility within the High Court complex for the smooth take-off of the new Multi-door Courthouse, which is expected to be inaugurated by Governor Ajimobi.
“One of our signature bills towards Justice sector reforms in Oyo state, targeted at liberalizing the dispute resolution space and promote access to Justice for all residents has just been passed by the Oyo state House of Assembly. This is the Oyo State Multi-door Courthouse Law of 2017.
“It would be recalled that this law was proposed by the OYSG as an executive bill to establish the Oyo State Multi-door Courthouse to allow the regular court deploy other dispute resolution channels other than litigation”, he said.
Abimbola then commended the Speaker and members of the Oyo state House of Assembly on the diligence given to the passage of laws relevant to the people and the continuing cooperation of the OYHA with the Governor on the various judicial reform initiatives of the current administration.
He said such led to the passage of the Community Service Law, the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, the new Multi-door court law and other innovative bills now pending before the House at varying stages of passage.
He also hailed the Chief Judge of Oyo State and the Joint committee of the Judiciary/Ministry of Justice/Nigeria Bar Association for their cooperation with government in midwifing the innovation in Oyo state, promising that there would always be collaboration with relevant stakeholders in achieving total Justice Sector reforms in Oyo state.
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