Dimapur April 27 (MExN): In yet another counter-rejoinder on the separation of Judiciary issue, the GB Federation expressed concern with what it claimed was the overall deterioration of moral values of the people. This reaction comes in the wake of an advocate responding to the view of the federation on the mentioned issue.
TL Angami, “Founder” of the GB Federation, maintained in a statement that the main causes of the deterioration of moral values can be found in the “fast-disappearing respect for the time-tested (belief) in ‘Kenyü’ or taboo.”
According to the GB leader “this seems to be of no value to the advocate perhaps for reason of the nature of this profession to speak for both sides as admitted by one advocate that he will not appear for the client unless his fees are paid.” TL Angami also stood that he has no objection for the practitioner of law to receive their due fees but expressed ‘worry’ as to what would happen to the client who may not be able to pay such fees.
“Therefore, my humble submission (as after repeated) is that let there be no haste to introduce another man-made law to further compromise the healthy respect of our customary law” Angami stated.
It was maintained that experience has shown service to the people could not be effectively implemented in spite of introducing “so many foreign laws”. Hence, the need to hand over such service to the customary institutions through the “world-acclaimed system of communitisation” of “public service act” according to TL Angami.
He opined that justice like any other service may also need to be communitized “instead of wasting our scarce resources on separation of judiciary.”
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