The Senate and the Nigerian Bar Association have waded into the conflict between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, TANKO MUHAMMAD, and Justices of the Supreme Court over issues bothering on welfare and working condition.

President of the Senate, AHMAD LAWAN, at the plenary on Wednesday, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, to wade into the crisis.

LAWAN gave the directive moments before the Senate adjourned plenary, saying as a matter of urgency, the senate must take interest in what is happening in the judicial arm of government.

On its part, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA stated that there is an urgent need for fundamental reforms of the administration and governance of the judiciary.

The association’s president, OLUMIDE AKPATA, stated this in a statement issued in reaction to a memo written by 14 Justices of the Supreme Court to the CJN, in which they alleged various improprieties and administrative inefficiencies and the subsequent response of the CJN.