Justice Abdou Karim Savage, Chief Justice of The Gambia, will on Thursday April 4th, 2008 embark on a five-day nationwide-tour.

The tour will accord the Chief Justice of the Gambia, the opportunity to visit all regions of the country and hold meetings with Presidents (the Chiefs), members and officials of the District Tribunals as well as the Regional Governors. His Lordship will also meet the Regional Judges, Magistrates, Cadis and judicial officials in the Regions and in the Greater Banjul Area.

According to reports from the Office of the Chief Justice in Banjul, during the familiarization tour, Chief Justice Savage will inspect the court premises, buildings, official residences and judicial facilities in the country.

The report indicated that the Chief Justice's tour commence in Basse on 5th April 2008 with a meeting with the the Chiefs, Tribunal members and officials of the Basse Regional High Court and the Magistrate Court. The Chief Justice will thereafter inspect on-going refurbishment works undertaken by the Department of State for Works Communications and Infrastructure at the Basse High Court.

His Lordship will be accompanied by Haruna Jaiteh, acting Judicial Secretary, Seyfo Alhaji Demba Sanyang, the Paramount Chief, and Abdou Conteh, Principal Register of High Court.

The Tour is an annual exercise through which His Lordship the Chief Justice gathers first hand information abut the situation and operations of the courts nation wide.

The tour will end in the Greater Banjul Area with visits to, and meetings at all Magistrates and Cadi Muslims Courts, the Children's Court and Industrial Tribunals.