President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate to consider an executive bill seeking the review of salaries, allowances, and official benefits of judicial officers.
The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Wednesday.
The executive bill is titled “Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024.”
In the letter, Tinubu said the bill, when approved, would generate a new legal framework for the remuneration of judicial officers to improve their welfare.
The president said the bill would promote the welfare capacity and independence of the Nigerian judicial 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.”
The president urged lawmakers to consider and approve the bill expeditiously.
He added, “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.”
