The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has appointed Hajo Sarki-Bello, as the acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Sarki-Bello, who is currently a Deputy Chief Registrar of the apex court, was appointed to replace the retiring Chief Registrar, Hadizatu Uwani-Mustapha.
The appointment was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the court’s Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande.
Akande said Uwani-Mustapha, the Supreme Court’s Chief Registrar since July 2017, will attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 years on Sunday, August 8, 2021.
The newly appointed registrar hails from Paiko in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, and will formally assume office next Monday.
She is a 1989 graduate of Law from the Uthman Dan Fodio University in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
Sarki-Bello was called to the Nigerian Bar on June 7, 1990 and described as a “seasoned judicial administrator and technocrat”, the Acting Chief Registrar joined the Supreme Court service in 1996.
The Statement from the court read, “The appointment of a new Chief Registrar was yesterday approved by the Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Dr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, in acting capacity following the retirement of the substantive Chief Registrar, Hadizatu Uwani-Mustapha, Esq., who will be attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years on Sunday 8th August, 2021, having served from July 2017 to August 2021.
“The new Acting Chief Registrar, Hajo Sarki-Bello, Esq. will formally assume office on Monday 9th August, 2021. She is a 1989 graduate of Law from Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria. She was called to the Nigerian Bar on 7th June, 1990, after successfully completing the mand mandatory one year intensive academic programme at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, Nigeria.
“Hajo equally attended the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) in Lagos where she studied Legal Drafting. She subsequently went to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for a Master’s Degree programme in International Affairs and Diplomacy. She has worked in in different capacities in different Law Firms and Commercial Organizations before joining the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1996 as Senior Registrar. In 2001, she was promoted to the position of Acting Deputy Chief Registrar and later became substantive Deputy Chief Registrar in 2006.
“Hajo Sarki-Bello is a seasoned judicial administrator and technocrat. She hails from Paiko in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria.”