A’Court Battling Dwindling Resources, Says Dongban-Mensem 

*Tasks personnel on maintenance culture

Alex Enumah in Abuja

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday, in Tafa, a suburb along the Abuja-Kaduna Road, disclosed that the appellate court is currently battling with “dwindling resources”, hence personnel of the court should be up and doing in their assigned responsibility.

The charge was directed mainly at the built environment personnel of the court, which include engineers, architects and other technicians.

The judiciary has continued to lament poor funding with salaries of judges remaining on the same spot for over 14 years.

Declaring open a three-day workshop that would enhance the capacity of the staff saddled with the responsibility of overseeing and maintaining the court’s buildings, as well as its infrastructures across the country, the Appeal Court president said: “The Court of Appeal is battling with dwindling resources” and pointed out that “maintenance is an absolute necessity”.

She described the built environment personnel as a critical staff of the court whose efficiency and effectiveness could be of great benefits to the court.

“Please, I urge you to take this assignment seriously so that even when we need to call people from outside, you will be there to effectively and confidently supervise them and tell them no, you can’t do it this way, you have to do it this way and you can do that because you know and know because you have been trained,” she added.

She disclosed that her administration places a high priority on training and retraining of personnel to get the best from them in a world that is daily becoming smarter with newer technologies.

Dongban-Mensem expressed confidence in the array of resource persons lined up for the workshop, and tasked the participants to use the opportunity offered them to learn new concepts and techniques of doing their jobs better.

In a welcome, the co-organizer and Chief Executive Officer of Mamven Limited, Mr Nanwor Mamven, disclosed that the aim of the workshop was to equip participants with the requisite knowledge and skills to function effectively in an ever changing and evolving world. 

Mamven also harped on the “urgent need to develop and sustain a better maintenance culture for both public and private buildings in general, and the court facilities and assets in particular”.

He expressed confidence that the workshop would be sustained and held regularly.

The theme of the workshop is: ‘Building Maintenance and Environmentally Friendly Concepts’ and it’s being organized in conjunction with Zuma Rock Resort and Mamven Limited.