Plateau ministry to spend N35mn on training

The Plateau State Ministry of Justice is to spend over N35 million to conduct training on arbitration for government officials in the state this year.

The Commissioner in charge of the ministry, Mr Jonathan Mawayai, spoke on Monday while defending the ministry’s 2017 budget before the state’s House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary in Jos.

Mawayai said the amount would cover training fees for 100 persons at N350, 000 each.

He explained that the training became necessary owing to the proposed bills on the establishment of Multi-Door Court House in the state.

“Training on arbitration for lawyers in the ministry and other staff from the Executive and Legislative arm of government is needed.

“With the coming on board of the PPP law and the Multi-Door Court House we need to give training a priority.

“We want to train 100 personnel cutting across the three arms of government and this will cost us N35 million at N350, 000 for each person,” he said.

The Chairman of the assembly committee, Joshua Madaki, stressed the need for training of workers, assuring support for the committee.

Madaki, however, advised that the number of people to benefit from the training should be reduced owing to the harsh economic situation in the state.

“Because of the present economic crunch, I will advise that the number proposed for the training should be reduced, then, later others can also have the training,” he said.