The State Chief Judge, Justice Peter Umeadi has sworn-in Mrs Chinyere Ossy-Okoye as the new Chief Registrar for Anambra State Judiciary.
Others sworn-in as Deputy Chief Registrars include three Magistrates, Mrs Onyinye Nweke Uchegbu, Mrs Vivian Udedike and Mrs Ukamaka Nkechinyelu Ofodiama.
A Former President of Customary Court, Mr. C.C. Mojekwu and a private legal practitioner Mr E.E. Nwankwo also made the list.
Until her appointment to the new position, Mrs. Ossy-Okoye was the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of the State Probate Registry.
Performing the swearing-in, Justice Umeadi said theappointment has become necessary considering the steady increase in the number of cases in the High Courts in the state which has led to the creation of new Judicial Divisions, establishment of more Magistrate Courts and the robust legal practice resulting to the elevation of more lawyers from the state to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
The Chief Judge, who doubles as the Chairman of Judicial Service Commission, maintained that the restructuring in the administrative system of the state Judiciary has also become imperative in-view of the closure of the state Customary Court of Appeal and the subsequent roll-over of the Appeal Judges into the High Court Bench.
Speaking on behalf of others, Mrs Ossy-Okoye thanked the Judicial Service Commission for finding them worthy of the new appointments and pledged to support the Chief Judge in his effort to improve the staff welfare, reposition the State Judiciary, and enhance justice delivery to the publicas well as promote due process.
The appointees were later assigned portfolios and offices, while the previous occupants of those positions were redeployed to Magistrate Courts.
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