Indication has emerged that Nigeria may
get its first female Chief Justice when the current occupant of the
office, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, quits office on July 14, 2012.
It was learnt that the outgoing CJN may
have recommended Mariam Alooma Mukhtar, a female, who is the most senior
Justice of the Superme Court to succeed him.
If eventually appointed, Mukhtar who
hails from Kano State will be major boost for interests campaigning for
women to occupy sensitive positions.
She recently rejected her nomination as
the Chief Judge of The Gambia, perhaps in anticipation of her being made
Nigeria’s first female CJN.
Mukhtar is the first female Justice of
the Supreme Court. She was born in 1944 and was called to the Nigerian
Bar on June 26, 1967.
Her profile on the website of the
Supreme Court also reads, “She was called to the English Bar in 1966 and
later called to the Nigerian Bar in June 1967.
A thorough Legal Professional, Hon.
Justice A.M Muktar had served as: Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of
Justice, Northern Nigeria (1967) Draftsman, Office of the Legal
Draftsman, Interim Common Service Agency Magistrate Grade I, North
Eastern Government (1969 – 1973); Chief Registrar, Kano State Government
Judiciary (1973 – 1977) Judge – High Court of Kano State (1977) Justice
– Court of Appeal (1987) Presiding Justice – Court of Appeal (1993 –
2005).
A Life Member of the International
Association of Women Lawyers, Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Muktar has been a
Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC) since 2005.”
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