FCT approves digital court system for 67 High Court rooms
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has approved contracts to digitise the FCT High Courts, with work expected to begin within two weeks. The project will replace handwritten records and manual case files with electronic recording, case management and filing systems across 67 courtrooms.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has approved contracts to digitise the FCT High Courts, with implementation expected to begin within two weeks. Salman Dako, the General Counsel and Mandate Secretary of the FCT Legal Services Secretariat, disclosed the decision in Abuja after a meeting of the FCT Administration Executive Council chaired by Minister Nyesom Wike. Dako said the project would replace the existing manual record-keeping system with a judicial management platform based on electronic recording and case management.
The programme will cover 67 courtrooms across the territory. He said the courts would move from handwritten records and physical files to digital documentation and electronic management of cases. The initiative is intended to address challenges associated with manual court notes, filing procedures and the physical tracking of cases.
According to Dako, those difficulties can contribute to delays in the administration of justice. The approved system is expected to make judicial records better organised and improve the speed and accessibility of court information. The project will also enable lawyers and litigants to use electronic case filing, reducing their reliance on physical documents and manual procedures.
Dako described the change as an important improvement for the judiciary. “Transitioning to digital court management will resolve the persistent challenges linked to manual documentation and handwritten records,” he said. Dako said some judicial divisions outside the FCT had already begun similar processes and that the territory needed to adopt the same direction.
He added that the contract period was two weeks and that visible progress in implementing the digitalisation programme was expected afterwards. The administration said the project would provide a new basis for judicial efficiency and court administration in the nation’s capital. The supplied report did not identify the contractors or disclose the value of the contracts.
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