An Enugu State-based rights group, the Civil Rights Realisation & Advancement Network (CRRAN), has condemned the directive of the Enugu State Chief Judge making it mandatory for lawyers to attach their tax clearance certificate in all the processes filed in the court before they can be entertained. The group in a petition to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman National Judicial Council (NJC), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, described such directive as "illegal and a violation of the legal practitioners act and limiting access to justice".