Alex Enumah in AbujaThe Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has charged the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACoN), to ensure all Nigerians are able to access justice irrespective of economic conditions. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the minister who observed that the Legal Aid Council serves as the moral compass of the country’s justice delivery system, stated that, “In a society where economic disparities can hinder the assertion of basic rights, the Council ensures that poverty is never a bar to justice”. “Let me emphasize that the mandate of the Legal Aid Council is directly central to the legal reform agenda of the Federal Ministry of Justice and the priority areas of the President. “We have six zonal offices of Legal Aid, and 36 state offices. Our plan is to examine the possibility of extending legal aid services to all the 774 local government areas including all the development areas.