The present administration in Lagos state is determined to enthrone the rule of law and protect the less privileged.

This explains why the administration lays so much emphasis on judicial sector reforms which it believes should be replicated everywhere.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said this at the Cathedral Church, Anglican Communion, Marina, as part of activities marking the commencement of the twenty-sixteen/twenty-seventeen legal year for Lagos Judiciary.

Ambode called on the Bench to discharge its duties with the fear of God, saying “the judiciary remained the last hope of the citizens.

Pointing out the second to the last stanza of the national anthem, Ambode said peace and justice must reign in the country.

Ambode said the synergy of the Executive and the Judiciary was pivotal to the success of any administration, just as he restated his administration’s commitment to enthrone the rule of law and protect the less privileged.

He thanked the Judiciary for the support given to his administration in the last 16 months, urging them continue to discharge their duties without fear or favour to ensure peace continues to reign in the State.

Governor Ambode while acknowledging that the task of delivering justice to the citizenry was tough, however, expressed optimism that the judicial arm of government represented by the Lagos State Judiciary remains the only and the last hope of the citizenry in the State.

In his sermon, Bishop of Lagos Mainland Anglican Church, Right Reverend Akinpelu Johnson, said the judiciary must stand for truth and justice at all times, saying because justice must not only be done, it must be seen by all as actually being done.

Akinpelu urged the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade, as well as the entire members of the judiciary to be firm in the discharge of their legal duties.

He prayed that Nigeria would become a nation its citizens had always dreamt and wished it would be.