The Lagos State Judiciary has approved a one-week break for its workers, in celebration of the 2025 Easter vacation.
This is contained in a statement by the Acting Chief Registrar of the State Judiciary, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, on Sunday in Lagos.
According to the statement, the Chief Judge of the state, Mr. Kazeem Alogba, approved April 18 to April 25, as holiday for judicial workers, for the celebration.
The statement also noted that workers were expected to resume work on April 28.
9News Nigeria reports that part of his statement were; “Arrangements for dealing with urgent causes during the break are that each judge will deal with all urgent applications, related to any substantive cause already assigned to them.
“In any urgent application, the substantive cause of which has not already been assigned, will be dealt with by the judge to whom the application is specifically assigned.”
The statement added that notwithstanding, the provision of Order 49, Rule 4, stipulates that any cause or matter, may be heard by a judge during the period of the vacation, where such a cause or matter was urgent.
”This, is provided that the condition prescribed by Order 49 Rule 5, shall be observed and complied with.”
