Bauchi Retired High Court Judge Appointed Member of Commonwealth Tribunal
By Ahmed Ahmed
A Retired Bauchi High Court Judge, Habibu Shall, has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT) to represent Africa.
Our correspondent reports that the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal is composed of eight members, all of whom are nationals of different Commonwealth member States and which normally meets at the Commonwealth Secretariat’s headquarters at Marlborough House in London.
The appointment letter was presented to Justice Shall by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Maitama Tuggar, who nominated the retired judge.
Speaking at the reception organised by Tuggar Foundation on Saturday in Bauchi, Justice Shall appreciated the minister for facilitating the appointment based on merit.
The retired High Court Judge who held from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, described Ambassador Tuggar as a God-fearing leader.
“He is a just and God-fearing person and I call upon all our leaders to emulate him.
“It is only a just and God fearing person who will have an opportunity of picking somebody and did not start looking at that person from another perspective of the person coming from the same place he comes
“He came to my own place in Bauchi South and picked me. Honestly Tuggar is God-fearing. If we have such a type of leader Nigeria will not be where it is now. We pray for his success.
Shall added that he was on a trip to my farm when he was called and asked to submit his CV.
“To my shock, just some days back I saw an appointment letter that reinforced my mind that we have God-fearing leaders who can do something without thinking of where they come from.
“I remain grateful to the minister who facilitated this appointment and I am also grateful to his foundation who also saw that I was deemed fit to be given this assignment.
“I have never met the minister in my life, I have never met the Director General of the Tuggar Foundation but they saw that I was fit and naturally it came to me,” he said.
Earlier, the Director General of the Tuggar Foundation Alhaji Bello Tukura, described the appointment given to Shall as huge.
“Justice Shall, one of the sons of Bauchi State, was appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Tribunal representing Africa,” he said.
“We didn’t have that appointment until Ambassador Tuggar was appointed as minister.
“Shall is a competent retired justice. He is good at the administration of justice. He is qualified and he emerged when his CV was sent out of three others submitted and if you look at his CV he is well qualified,” Tukura said.
He however advised him to be careful and continue to demonstrate his honesty on the international stage.