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Bayelsa inaugurates courts for debts below N5 million

The courts are affordable and easy to use with no need for a lawyer.

• March 23, 2023
Court room used to illustrate the story
Court room used to illustrate the story

The Bayelsa judiciary has officially opened two small claims courts to handle debt recovery cases below N5 million to fast-track dispensation of justice.

This is contained in a statement issued by Julius Lambert Nyananyo, spokesman for the Bayelsa judiciary.

The judiciary on January 4 inaugurated a five-member management committee to run the small claims courts in Bayelsa.

The statement said the establishment of the courts was an innovation in Nigeria’s legal system to help small business operators recover debts.

The courts are located in the Bayelsa multi-door courthouse, High Court Complex, Ovom, Yenagoa and the Justice Koripamo David Ungbuku High Court complex, in Onopa.

The statement said the courts are affordable and easy to use with no need for a lawyer.

He said the judiciary has also released a handbook and practice directions available at the state’s judiciary and online at the judiciary website www.bayelsastatejudiciary.gov.ng.

He urged the public to take advantage of the courts. 

(NAN) 

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