President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written the Senate to consider an executive bill seeking the review of the salaries, allowances, and official benefits of judicial officers in Nigeria.
Tinubu made this request in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary session on Wednesday.
The executive bill in question has been titled “Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024.”
“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,” Tinubu said.
“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.”
Tinubu also called on the senators to consider and approve the bill expeditiously.
“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, please accept, distinguished senate president and distinguished senators the assurances of my highest esteem,” stated Tinubu.
Tinubu’s request appears to be based on a provision for a remuneration package for judicial officers in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the body authorised by law to prepare the salaries and allowances of public servants.
