President Bola Tinubu has submitted a proposal to the Senate on the salaries and allowances for judicial office holders in Nigeria.
As reported, this is contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpiabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday.
The letter reads: “Transmission of judicial office holders’ salaries and allowances bill, 2024.
“I forward herein, the judicial office holders, salaries and allowances bill, 2024, for the kind consideration of the Senate.
“The judicial office holders salaries and allowances bill seeks to prescribe salaries and allowances and fringe benefits for judicial officials to end the prolonged stagnation in their remuneration and to reflect contemporary socioeconomic realities,” he said.
“In accordance with the provisions of section 58, sub Section two of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
The judicial office holders salaries and allowances bill seeks to prescribe salaries and allowances and fringe benefits for judicial officials to end the prolonged stagnation in their remuneration and to reflect contemporary socioeconomic realities.
President Tinubu said the bill would establish a new legal framework for the remuneration of judicial officials and would ensure significant improvement in their welfare, capacity and the independence of the judiciary.
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