Jubilation As Tinubu Approves 300% Salary Rise For Judicial Officers

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By Abiola Olawale

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, has signed a Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law.

The law will ensure a 300% increase in salaries and allowances for judicial officials at the federal and state levels.

This was made known in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Basheer Lado.

Lado, in the statement, emphasized that the signing of the bill into law underscores the President’s unwavering dedication to improving conditions for Nigeria’s workforce.

The statement reads in part: “This extraordinary move underscores Mr President’s absolute prioritization of the welfare of Nigerian workers above all else just like he did when he recently put on hold an ongoing Federal Executive Council meeting to assent to the new National Minimum Wage Bill of N70,000.

“The new Act “prescribes salaries, allowances, etc., for Judicial Officers to reflect the changing realities and consequentially amend the provisions of Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc.), Act, No.6, 2002 (as amended) to delete the provisions relating to Judicial Office Holders.

“The prescription of salaries, allowances, and other benefits for Judicial Officers.

“The amendment of Certain Political, Public, and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc.) Act, No.6, 2002 (as amended) which provides for the deletion of provisions relating to Judicial Office Holders from the aforementioned Act.

“In a demonstration of his visionary leadership and deep compassion for the Nigerian people, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCON has once again affirmed his unwavering commitment to the welfare of the nation’s workforce by assenting to the revised Salaries and Allowances for Judicial Office Holders.”

The New Diplomat reports that Tinubu, in March had sent a bill titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to prescribe the salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in Nigeria and for related matters’’, seeking to amend the salaries of judicial officers to the House of Representatives for consideration.

In June, the National Assembly approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels.

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