Lagos State judiciary has approved one week of Easter holiday for its workers.
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, in a statement on Tuesday, approved Friday, 29th March to Friday, 5th April as holiday for the judicial workers to celebrate Easter.
According to the statement, courts will resume work on Monday, 8th April, 2024.
The statement further said that, arrangements for dealing with urgent causes during the Easter vacation are that each judge will deal with all urgent applications related to any substantive cause already assigned to them.
“Any urgent application, the substantive cause of which has not already been assigned, will be dealt with by the judge to whom the application is specifically assigned,” said the statement.
It added, “Notwithstanding the provision of Order 49, Rule 4, any cause or matter may be heard by a judge during the period of the Easter vacation where such a cause or matter is urgent, provided that the condition prescribed by Order 49 Rule 5 shall be observed and complied with.”