Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Monday, counselled Nigerian lawyers and judges to always allow conscience to guide their primary functions.

According to Ganduje, access to justice will only be feasible if the body of lawyers and benchers allow their conscience to prevail, while determining all matters relating to the dispensation of justice in the country.

In his speech at the third day of the Nigerian Bar Association, Kano branch Law Week 2022, Ganduje appealed to the body of legal practitioners and benchers to persistently invoke the spirit of truth and honesty while discharging their legal responsibilities.

Ganduje, who was represented by his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, made the remark while declaring open the public lecture organised by the Kano NBA branch as part of activities to mark the Law week, with the theme: “Legal Practice at a Crossroad: Challenges of Lawyering in the Face of Nigeria’s Current Political and Economic Climate.”

Focussing on the theme, Ganduje said: “Who are those that go to court? It is the lawyers. Who are those that sit in court as judges? They are also lawyers. As the whole exercise belongs to lawyers, if they do the right thing, we will all follow. Because we also run to the courts, when we are in trouble.

“The executive arm of government can only contribute; it is only the lawyers that can sit down and make sure justice prevails. If lawyers and judges do the right thing, we will all get it right in our actions. We should be guided by our conscience. If we are guided by our conscience, we will get it right.”