The “Go to Court” Syndrome in Nigeria: Reengineering the Administration of Justice System in Nigeria

Abstract

The euphemism of “Go to Court” is assuming a dangerous dimension in our political system and is already undermining the place of the judiciary as the last hope of the common man.  Public Administration undergirds and provides the structure for the administration of justice in Nigeria. It is the place of Administrators to cast a penetrating look at the justice system in Nigeria so we can diagnose the problem and provide the panacea for Nigeria’s ailing judicial system. In this paper, our approach is analytical and our theory is the system theory. Our goal is to show that the judicial system being one of the pillars of the political system will undermine the entire system if it is not provided the administrative fillip as quickly as possible. The key problem is systemic corruption in the judicial arm of government. Our objective is to show that the provision of a watertight administrative system will extirpate corruption and reset the judiciary to continue to play her role as the last hope for the common man and the temple for the dispensation of justice.