Cell 1ai · GWG Proposal
Build a Five-Tier Judiciary Every Judge Can Climb
GREEN WHITE GO MANIFESTO — 2026.10.01 · CANONICAL THREE-SENTENCE UNIT
Green White Go proposes one independent five-tier judiciary — Community Court, High Court, Specialised Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court — with one Community Court jurisdiction in every Ward, ordinarily housed together in the LGA Justice Complex, High Court capacity in every LGA, the required Specialised Courts and at least one Court of Appeal division in every Geo-economic Zone, and one Supreme Court serving the Federation.
No Local or Zonal executive controls these courts, while judicial advancement should reflect service, competence and a clean record; detailed appointment, promotion, staffing, sitting and appellate mechanics belong in legislation and the Justice Policy Paper.
The purpose is to bring justice closer to citizens while protecting one professional judiciary from political patronage and territorial executive control.
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The purpose is to bring justice closer to citizens while protecting one professional judiciary from political patronage and territorial executive control.
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Tiers describe the levels of government: Local and Federal. Arms describe different functions of government: lawmaking, execution and justice. The Geo-economic Zone is a constitutionally recognised coordination layer. It does not add a third tier, a legislature or a separate judiciary.
Location is different from ownership. Specialised Courts and Court of Appeal divisions are geographically available at Geo-economic Zone scale but belong to one independent judiciary. They are not courts controlled by the Zonal Chief Executive. Zonal coordination does not give the executive judicial authority.