The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, says the Nigerian judicial system needs a complete overhaul in order to ensure quick and inexpensive justice delivery.

Mohammed spoke on Friday in Abuja, at the inauguration of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN.

“There is needed for an overhaul of the Nigerian Judicial System in order to render it fit for the 21st century circumstances; there is need to ensure that justice is quick and inexpensive.

“Litigation has become slow, costly and highly inflating, especially given their complexity, endless interlocutory applications and potential for acrimony,’’ he said.

The ADR centre is an arm of the NICN, which seeks to resolve disputes through a neutral mediator, devoid of litigations; which absolute agreements would be upheld as consent judgment.

While commending the NICN’s initiative and vision in instituting an ADR centre, which he noted was the first in the West African sub-region; the CJN said the centre would ensure swift dispensation of justice without acrimony.

“It has now become abundantly clear that ADR offers a more flexible, people-oriented dispute resolution mechanism.