THE APEX COURT OF NIGERIA HAS ITS FIRST FEMALE CHIEF JUSTICE
Justice Aloma Mukhtar: Will a woman make a dIFFERENCE?
When President Jonathan nominated Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, 68, as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, many were surprised. It was indeed a breaking away from the norm of an office which had been occupied strictly, by the male folk since 1958.
This makes her the First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria since her admission to the Nigerian Bar in 1967 . Below is a summary of the occupants of the office and their terms since 1958:
She succeeds Chief Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who’s retirement is already knocking on the door. In a letter addressed to the Senate by the President, her name as the new CJN alongside those of Justice Clara Ogunbiyi and Justice Musa Mohammed as Justices of the Supreme Court, were forwarded.
Tracing her profile, Her Lordship, Justice Muhktar, is no stranger when it comes to Nigeria’s judicial history as she is the first woman Justice of the Supreme Court. She was also the first woman to be appointed into Nigeria’s second highest court, the Appeal Court.
Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
So, it was no wonder, when with a sense of pride, Senate President, David Mark, read out the nomination letter dated July 30 to
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