Lawyers Are Being Trained By FG To Vet Contracts – AGF

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Tuesday, said the rising debt profiles of government across all levels in the country were dangerous to the economy of the nation as well as its existence.

To prevent this, the AGF noted that his ministry had initiated a collaborative framework with specialist firms.

He spoke at the opening ceremony of a two-day meeting of the Body of Attorneys-General in Abuja.

Fagbemi said, “I also need to comment on the increasingly rising debt profiles of government at all levels, which pose serious danger and challenge to our national economy and existence as an independent nation.

“The Federal Ministry of Justice has, against this backdrop, initiated a collaborative framework with specialist firms, to enable legal officers involved in drafting MOUs and other forms of binding agreements to acquire required skills to identify possible areas of dispute or liability, which could lead to avoidable litigation or arbitration costs and judgment debt.

“We are willing to extend the support to legal officers in the various states in order to strengthen their capacities in this regard.”

The AGF, who admitted that there had been complaints in some quarters over recent court judgments, dismissed that this had affected public confidence in the judiciary.