The National Judicial Institute Board of Governors, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad Justice Salisu Garba as the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI).
Alhaji Ahuraka Isah, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the CJN disclosed this on Monday in Abuja.
Justice Garba takes over from Justice Rosaline Bozimo (Rtd), whose tenure as the Administrator of the Institute ended July 31, 2021.
Garba, was until his new appointment, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court but voluntarily retired to enable him resume at the Institute.
He was sworn-in as the FCT Chief Judge on June 7 and would have been due for retirement Oct. 10 when he would have attained the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Garba who was born on October 10, 1956, hails from Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State.
He was called to bar in 1984 just as he completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1985, went into legal practice for three years after NYSC.
He was appointed Magistrate in the FCT in 1989, served as the Chief Registrar of the FCT High Court until he was appointed a judge of the FCT High Court in 1998.
The appointment which takes effect from 1st August, 2021 is for three years, from the date of appointment.