Tinubu Seeks Approval For New Salary For Judicial Officers

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a letter to the National Assembly praying it to pass a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers across the country.

The letter was read at plenary by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen.

The proposed law seeks to prescribe salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial officers.

Recall that there has been agitation for an improvement in the salaries, allowances and other welfare packages of judicial officers in the country in recent times.

The Executive bill forwarded by the President was titled “A Bill for an Act to Prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial Office Holders in Nigeria and for Related Matters.”

The President’s letter titled “Transmission of the judicial office holders salaries and allowances etc bill 2024” was dated March 19, 2024.

It read: “In accordance with the provisions of Section 58(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), I forward, herewith, the Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, Etc) Bill, 2024 for the kind consideration of the House of Representatives.

“The Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, Etc) Bill, 2024 seeks to prescribe salaries, allowances and fringe benefits for judicial officers, to end the prolonged stagnation in their remuneration and to reflect contemporary socio-economic realities.

“The bill, which establishes a new legal framework for the remuneration of judicial officers, will also ensure significant improvement in the welfare, capacity and independence of the judiciary.

“Whilst I hope that the Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) Bill, 2024 will be carefully yet expeditiously considered and passed by the House of Representatives, please accept, Rt Hon Speaker, the assurances of my highest esteem”.

Oduyemi Odumade, Edited By Grace Namiji