The Chief Justice of Plateau State, Justice David Mann, on Friday in Jos signed the rules for the smooth opertaions of family courts in the state.

Speaking at event, Mann, said that the rules aimed at ensuring the  commencement of the implementation of the Child Rights Law, domesticated in the state since 2005.

''These sets of rules will complement the child right law which has been promulgated in the stste since 2005.

''Thes rules seeks to summarise the process of the effective and efficient implementation of the law

''And so, this is a milestone, a great step toward ensuring that proceedings relating to the child's rights, privileges and welfare is well catered for,''he said.

Mann, who thanked the organisations who initiated and developed the rules, promised to ensure the rules are properly used by family courts in the state.

Earlier, Dr Nawani Aboki, the Executive Director, Centre for Women, Youth and Community Action (NACWYCA), said that the initiative is under the  Civic Advocacy for Local Engagement (SCALE) project.

 He said that the project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and supported by Palladium.

''This project, currently running in Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Kwara and Kogi states, is being implemented by a cluster of five organisations with Centre for the Advocacy of Justice and Right (CAJR), inconclusive.

''These rules will enable family courts in the state begin sittings, hence the full implementation of the child right law that has been moribund since its enactment in 2005,''he explained 

Aboki thanked the Plateau state judiciary for the support and cooperation granted it toward the actualisation of the milestone.