By Gracious Akujobi
Ahead of the 19th edition of the annual Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) games billed for Port Harcourt, organizers of the competition which will commence October 23- November 5,have warned all participating judicial affiliates to desist from the use of mercenaries.
President, National Association for Judiciary games, Emeka Ndili told a news conference in Abuja that the competition is open to the staff of the nation’s judiciary alone.
“I wish to state categorically that the war against non staff players of the judiciary is a very serious fight and any judiciary arm that uses non staff will be sanctioned accordingly irrespective of who is involved”
Sixteen judicial affiliates across the nation including the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Federal High Court, the Sharia Court and Federal Judicial Service Commission will compete in 10 different sports.
The sports to be competed for are football, chess, draft, table tennis, scramble, volley ball, hand ball, ayo, darts and athletics
This year’s edition is aimed at fostering a healthy workforce within the judiciary.
