President Bola Tinubu has prolonged his heartfelt congratulations to Justice Mary Odili, retired Supreme Court docket decide, on the special day of her birthday anniversary.
Based on a press release y presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Justice Odili, an eminent jurist, was the Deputy Chairman of the Nationwide Judicial Council (NJC), serving as Deputy to the Chairman (Chief Justice of the Nigeria) on the nation’s apex judicial fee.
She was additionally President of the Nationwide Affiliation of Girls Judges of Nigeria (NAWJN), and Chairperson of the Physique of Benchers, the place she led pioneering reforms, reminiscent of retooling the Authorized Practitioners Disciplinary Committee by constituting three panels, thus expediting their processes and guaranteeing effectivity, and reviving the Physique of Benchers’ mentoring programme for all younger legal professionals (0-7 years submit name), amongst others.
President Tinubu celebrated the authorized savant not just for her excellent achievements in her calling however particularly for her work in uplifting the downtrodden and offering succour to the needy.
The President fondly recalled the numerous group improvement programmes and aid efforts of Mrs. Odili because the First Girl of Rivers State, a few of which embody, The Adolescent Undertaking (TAP) the place training, well being enchancment, social rehabilitation, and empowerment companies to susceptible adolescent ladies have been superior, instantly impacting over 500,000 residents, and which went on to win the World Well being Council Award for Protected Motherhood in Washington D.C, in Could 2001.
As Justice Odili marks this birthday, President Tinubu wished the esteemed jurist and the Odilis many extra years of service to the nation in good well being.