The Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has called on the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) to work out modalities for early and pragmatic training of Justices and Judges on the use of the Manual for Election Petition Tribunal (EPT). Justice Dongban-Mensem said such training will help in broadening the scope of understanding of the application. “I would like IFES to consider having more regular workshops for Justices and not just when elections are around the corner. IFES Project Manager, Simon Fanto and the Deputy Country Director, Seray Jah had, in their remarks, told the Acting President that ahead of the general elections in Nigeria, the organisation usually partners with the Court of Appeal to train Justices and Judges selected to sit on the Election Petition Tribunals. According to them, IFES also sponsored the production of EPT practice direction Manual developed by the Justices of the Court of Appeal which is usually distributed to them during the conference.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 06, 2020 15:56 UTC