President Bola Tinubu has sent an executive bill to the Senate for the approval of new salaries, allowances and official benefits for judicial officers.
The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday.
According to Tinubu, the executive bill entitled “Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024″ will create a new legal framework for improved remuneration for judicial officers.
Tinubu noted that the bill would promote the independence capacity of the Nigerian judiciary system.
He said: “The judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024 seeks to prescribe salaries, allowances, and benefits for judicial officers to end the prolonged stagnation in their remuneration and to reflect contemporary social 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.
“While I hope that the judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024 will be carefully, yet expeditiously considered and passed by the senate.”
Akpabio then referred the bill to the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and the Committee on Finance for further legislative work.
The committees are to report back in two weeks.
