Justice sector to drive economic growth under Tinubu – AGF

By Vivian Okejeme Abuja

The Attorney General of the Federation AGF and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi has asserted that the Justice Sector of the country would be transformed to serve as key catalyst for economic growth, investments drive, and revenue generation under the present dispensation.
According to Fagbemi, the sector would render non-kinetic support to the security and defence architecture of the country.
The AGF, speaking on Thursday in Abuja, at a retreat organized for officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice and its agencies, challenged the officials to be prepared to break from routine official engagements to providing a platform to achieve their mandates.
He sought the buy-in of staff of the ministry as well as agencies and parastatals under him, towards achieving the Performance agreement signed between ministers and President Bola Tinubu.
Therefore, he told the staff that their performance as well as successes in assigned tasks go a long way in determining his in success, also reminded them of the key role the ministry plays in the attainment of the goals and objectives of other sectors in the political/ socioeconomic environment of the country.
“You are all aware that following a Presidential Retreat on November 3, 2023, the President signed a Performance Bond with Cabinet Ministers and Permanent Secretaries, which will serve as a scorecard for Ministries.
“The Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary and myself, signed a Performance Contract with the President, promising to ensure the performance of the Ministerial Deliverables assigned to the Ministry.
“The Sector Plan contain fifteen (15) Ministerial Deliverables; 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); Base lines and Targets. You may wish to note that this Performance Bond comes with initiatives, deliverables, Key Performance Indicators, timelines and targets, which this sector must unconditionally achieve.
“One of the Key Performance Indicators of this meeting is to cascade the signed bond to Ministry’s Management and Chief Executive Officers of the Agencies. Therefore, it is imperative that we all come together to critically understand this performance bond and the variables and be well apprised on what is expected of us to achieve as a Ministry or Agency”, Fagbemi said.
Meanwhile, the AGF disclosed that out of the eight areas of “Priorities” and “Focus” of the Renewed Hope Agenda, the Federal Ministry of Justice by virtue of its mandate speaks to four which are; Priority 3 (Economic growth and Job Creation), Priority 5 (Inclusivity; Drawing on all Skills Base); Priority 6 (Security); Priority 7 (Fairness and Rule of Law); and Priority 8 (Anti-Corruption Stance).
He also added that the Ministry also speaks to the eighth (8th) Focus Area of Government, which is Improved Governance for effective Service Delivery.