The Borno State Government has established Small Claims Courts for speedy resolution of low-grade commercial disputes involving a maximum of N1m.
The Chief Registrar of Borno State High Court, Mr Babagana Mustapha, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
Mustapha said the special courts were located in Bolori and Wulari wards in Maiduguri.
Mustapha said, “The court is a special court to promote easy access to informal, inexpensive, and speedy resolutions of liquidated money demand in magistrates’ court.
“In line with Article 12 (2) of the Practice Direction of the court, all magistrates shall strive to finalise cases within 60 working days.”
According to him, the courts are not to entertain any debt-related cases above N1m.
He said that the success of the two new courts would determine the propriety or otherwise of opening more of their kind across the state.
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