A group picture of ‘justice changemakers’ at the Hiil workshop. 4th from right is Justice Ogunfowora, Ogun State High Court and (next to him), Oba Olufemi Ogunleye, Towulade Akinale, among others.
A non government organisation, Hague Institute for Innovation Law, HIIL, have intensified efforts aimed at stemming the tide of Domestic violence in the state.
Towards this end, the Institute in collaboration with stakeholders held the second series of dialogue on people-centred civil justice transformation in Ogun State.
The aim is to improve access to civil justice and its delivery system in Nigeria and Ogun State in particular.
The second in the series was flagged off in Abeokuta the State’s capital, Thursday July 20.
This dialogue was held as a follow up to the success of its maiden workshops held between January to March 2021 where justice leaders drawn from civil service civil societies and traditional institution in Ogun State brain stormed on Civil Justice Transformation to evolve improved people-centred civil justice in the state.
This year’s edition is focused on how to curb the prevalent Domestic Violence in the state and resolve the accompanied trauma of the victims.
In her speech, Ijeoma Nwafor, Nigeria Country Representative of Justice Innovation, told invited participants at the scoping session held at the Park Inn Radisson, Abeokuta that the task of Hiil was to deliver a vision on civil justice in Ogun State where people can safely live, work and do business.
Land, neighbour and family disputes, Ijeoma explained, had been identified as the most pressing civil justice needs that Ogun people face and that four civil justice transformation goals had been developed with accompanied indicators and targets to quantify what could realistically be achieved within a two to three year time frame.
At the Thursday interactive session, the group of about 30 stakeholders, classified as ‘justice changemakers’ drawn from the civil service , civil societies and the traditional institution, coaster-rolled a dispute resolution strategy to co-create an innovative and financially sustainable solution to improve the prevention and resolution of family justice problems, with a focus on domestic violence in Ogun State.
The follow-up sessions when a comprehensive road map to solutions to the identified inhibitions to sustainable civil justice transformation in Ogun State be delivered has been scheduled for August, October and November in the year.
