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Nigeria: A Jurist On Eagle’s Wings

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Abuja — Justice Dongban-Mensem is reduce out for her job.

The Governor of Plateau State and Chairman, Northern Governor’s Discussion board, Simon Bako Lalong captured the core essence of the jurist when he said just lately: “Over time , Justice Dongban-Mensem has left a legacy of excellence and humility in all of the locations she has labored in addition to a constructive impression on the individuals she has had dealings with”. Earlier, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad whereas swearing her in as Performing President, Courtroom of Enchantment, described her as ” a seasoned judicial officer who has been doing her job satisfactorily… .”

However who is that this jurist the Senate of the Federal Republic confirmed as President, Courtroom of Enchantment on June 11, 2020? What are her antecedents? Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem was born on 13th June, 1957 to the household of Pa William Mensem within the Dorok Chiefdom of Shendam Native Authorities Space, Plateau State.

After buying her LL.B and LL.M levels from Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, she studied for a postgraduate diploma on the Institute of Superior Authorized Research in London. The jurist is an authority in Legal and Civil Process Legislation, Taxation and Worldwide Public Finance, Public Worldwide Legislation, Legislative Drafting, Constitutional and Administrative Legislation and Worldwide Business Transactions. She was a Visiting Lecturer on Press Legislation on the Catholic Media Centre, Kaduna from 1988-1992 and part-time Lecturer on the College of Jos between 1989 and 1997.

The highest-notch jurist who’s married to the District Head of the Dorok Chiefdom, His Royal Highness, Miskoom David Isa Dongban may be rightly described as a judicial officer that holds each the gavel and the scepter.

Fondly known as Bolna’an by her late father, a reputation she cherishes, Boina’an, is a Goemai lexicon which means, “I yield unto the Lord.” Monica, her first identify, is of Latin origin, which means “advisor” or “counsellor”. Justice Dongban-Mensem is understood usually as a lover of humanity. She counsels, she guides, she directs, and he or she helps.

Really, the previous three months have been very eventful within the Courtroom of Enchantment as she held court docket as Performing President. She was all the time at her obligation publish. The court docket, each the headquarters and the Abuja division, was given a facelift. She toured your entire court docket advanced 5 occasions, giving directions on what wanted to be put proper. Outdated and deserted information, damaged chairs and tables that littered the place have now been evacuated.

She has equally been sitting on appeals with a view to preserve the wheel of justice turning. This she did as a means of encouraging her fellow Justices who had been afraid of returning to their obligation publish for concern of contracting the dreaded coronavirus. In Abuja division alone, six panels had been arrange in early April and over 200 circumstances had been taken within the first week alone, thereby clearing a considerable variety of the backlog of circumstances. Counsel whose circumstances had been taken are fairly proud of this. The courts within the Abuja division at the moment are with a Dressing Room for legal professionals.

On the coronavirus pandemic, a well being speak was held in Courtroom two of the Abuja division on Friday April 17, 2020 the place famend public well being professionals had been invited to enlighten the workers of the court docket on causes and prevention of the virus. This was replicated in all of the 20 divisions of the Appellate Courtroom.

Of utmost curiosity to Justice Dongban-Mensem is the automation of the court docket’s processes and methods. She is the primary president of the court docket to carry webinars. To date, she has convened 5 digital conferences with Presiding Justices, IT workers of the court docket and Deputy Courtroom Registrars (DCRs) within the varied divisions of the court docket.

Her leisure is writing, studying, {golfing} working with kids, girls and the aged. Even with the massive job of continually doing analysis and writing judgments, she has printed a a lot wanted ebook, “The Defendant.” The decide is a mom of three kids and 4 grandchildren.

Coincidently, her affirmation by the Senate on Thursday June 11, 2020 coincided with the birthday of her first son, the late Prince Samson Kwapda’as Dongban, a humble, compassionate and amiable younger man whose dying eight years in the past in Jos, Plateau State capital, has remained a painful loss the jurist is preventing laborious to cope with. It’s in his honour that she based the Kwapda’as Highway Security Demand (KRSD) Belief Fund on September 23, 2011, a highway security advocacy that has turn into probably the most well-liked highway security NGOs in Nigeria. KRSD Belief Fund is now a member of the World Alliance of NGOs for Highway Security.

Equally, troubled by the deplorable situation of the general public faculties in her rapid group, Ngootugu’ut, the Justice constructed the Pa William Mensem Memorial College, managed by a charity known as Pa William Mensem Academic and Scholarship Basis (PAWMESFO). Although in a distant village, the college supplies almost all of the services and providers discovered primarily in extremely rated faculties within the huge cities of Nigeria. She believes it is a means of widening instructional alternatives for kids of underserved communities. And now, kids in Ngotugu’ut and surrounding villages are beneficiaries.