July 30, 2015
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Will the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission, LSJSC, be dissolved when the members’ tenure has not expired? This is the question on the lips of observers. It was learned that the tenure of the current members took effect from February 27 and will end on February 26, 2020 following their re-appointment by former Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN.
However, the renewal appears not to have been formerly communicated to the new House of Assembly, which, on July 2, urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to dissolve the commission following the “expiration” of its five-year tenure in February.
The call followed a motion by Mr Sanai Agunbiade (APC- Ikorodu 1) and seconded by Abiodun Tobun (APC-Epe 1) during plenary session. The motion to dissolve the commission may have been based on the assumption that the tenure of its members had either expired or was not renewed.
It will be recalled that the immediate past Attorney-General Mr Ade Ipaye, by a July 30, 2009 letter, informed the LSJSC members of their nomination for a term of five years, subject to the lawmakers’ confirmation. On February 25, 2010, they were cleared by the House. When their tenure expired, they received letters dated March 10 from the Head of Service Mrs. Shade Jaji informing them of their reappointment with effect from February 27.
Their reappointment letter, reads in part: “I am pleased to inform you that His Excellency, Mr. Fashola, has approved your reappointment as a Member of Lagos State Judicial Service Commission with effect from February 27, 2015. Consequently, your second tenure is expected to terminate on February 26, 2020.
“In approving your reappointment, due cognisance has been taken of your integrity, selfless service and record of impressive performance during your first tenure.” “I, therefore, have no doubt that you will bring your wealth of experience to bear on the work of the Commission and continue to justify the confidence reposed on you by His Excellency, the Governor.”
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