Bob-Manuel made the call on Friday in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
She said in spite of the council’s mandate to handle cases up to the Supreme Court, it could only handle cases up to the High Court because it could not afford to pay lawyers.
The director-general explained that pro bono services was free legal services offered by organisations, including the media in ensuring that people had access to justice irrespective of their status in the society.
``The council is beginning to record more cases but the challenge before us now is that we have few lawyers who can attend to these people.
``Currently we have youth corps lawyers who offer free legal services but they are not enough to attend to the teeming population in need of our services.
``We have also not been able to take some cases up to the Supreme Court and as such a lot of cases end up at the high courts.
``The council is, therefore, appealing to law firms, the media and other major stakeholders to assist in rendering free services, so as to create room for more people to access justice,” she said.
According to her, the council is poised to ensure that more indigents in the country have access to justice in 2013.
She said that the council would ensure that Nigeria measured up to other countries in terms of access to justice.
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