By Chief Patrick Eholor
Section 121 (3) of the Constitution provides that all monies standing to the credit of the Judiciary shall be paid on the first line charge directly to the Heads of Court, from the consolidated revenue fund.
Now what is really is the meaning of money standing to the credit of the Judiciary?
The Miriam Webster Dictionary Defines credit as:
An an entry on the right-hand side of an account constituting an addition to a revenue, net worth, or liability account.
So when ever an additional money is generation by your action or processes that money stands to your credit .
In this light ,whenever you swear to an Oath in Court,pay for fines in lieu of custodian sentencing, pay for money lenders’ license, pay 10 percent of money standing to the credit of a deceased in his account, pay 10 percent of the value of the property of a deceased, while accessing same for the beneficiary, 10 percent of the value of any shares of a deceased, 10 percent of money standing to the credit of a deceased on a Retirement Savings Account of a deceased, while accessing same for a beneficiary, pay for Money Lenders’ License and many more, you have given monies standing to the credit of the judiciary . These monies are humongous amounts.
These monies are the monies the various states Boards of Internal Revenue declare as IGR every month, with out playing any roles whatsoever in getting the money paid.
I am not here to educate the educators, but to provide the relevant information for the Judiciary to grow.
It is not just in the interest of the Judiciary to have independence ,but also in the interest of those denying them independence. If the Judiciary is inindependen, the system becomes open to be fair to all.
If you protect the Rule of Law while in Office, the Rule of Law, will protect you, when you are out of Office.
If the Judiciary knew better, they would be better, but now that they know better, we expect the best.
Judges should also do justice to the weak and the strong. What we have now is that the Law is too weak to catch the strong and too strong to catch the weak.
There is a place and time where the Judge and the Judged will be Judged .That is when we face our creator. As God Himself said in the book of ecclesiastics that He will judge both the good and the bad of all deeds.
The Judge should know that when ever he sits on any matter. He is trial from both men and God.
The Almighty God this when he stated in the book of Ecclesiastes 3:17,thus:
I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed.
Remember there is place and time when both the Judge and Judged will be judged .
The Judge of all Judges will judge us all one day . What then will be your fate? Pause and Ponder .
Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor is the Global President of One Love Foundation.
Benin City, Edo State.
