President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law.
Senator Basheer Lado, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, announced the development in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
In June, the National Assembly approved a bill that includes a 300 percent salary increase for judicial officers at both federal and state levels.
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This decision followed the review and adoption of an executive bill proposed by the President, aimed at enhancing salaries, allowances, and other benefits for judicial officers and staff.
The executive 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,” was submitted by the President to address these improvements.
According to Lado, “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.”
Lado said the new Act “prescribes salaries, allowances, etc., for Judicial Officers to reflect the changing realities and consequentially amend the provisions of the 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.”
According to him, among the salient features of the Act include, “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.”
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Following the passage of the bill, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will receive an annual salary of N64 million.
The President of the Court of Appeal is set to earn N62.4 million annually, while each Supreme Court Justice will receive N61.4 million.
Heads of other major courts, including the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, and the President of the National Industrial Court, will all receive an annual salary of N7.9 million.
What CJN, President Of Court Appeal, Supreme Court Justice, Chief Judge, Others Will Earn As Salaries After Tinubu Signed Judicial Office Holders Salaries And Allowances Bill Into Law
