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By Joseph Adahnu, Yola
Twenty journalists in Adamawa State have been trained on reporting cases of administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL).
The one-day training was done in collaboration between Adamawa State Government with the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) in the State Justice Sector Reform Team (ADJSRT).
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri was represented by the Chairman of ADJSRT, Barrister Samuel Yaumande.
The governor said the media is a tool that can easily create public awareness about the existence of the ACJL in the state.
According to him because of the importance of the law which seeks to address many challenges in the judicial system, collaboration with the media to create awareness was very important.
Yaumande who was represented by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the state Isyaq Abdullahi emphasized the importance of ACJL Law at fast- tracking court proceedings.
He said it was important to check-mate some sharp practices in the judicial system that causes delay in court proceedings that only the media can create awareness on the importance of the criminal law.
A resource person, Barrister Fatima Bello Raji noted that ACJL seeks to address some challenges like excessive use of imprisonment as disposal method by introducing incarceration alternative.
She maintained that the Administration of the Criminal Justice Law mandates the court to give consideration to some issues during the course of adjudication.
She said the Law affords people the opportunity to entrench common standards and principles in the Criminal Justice Law Administration.
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