PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has transmitted a letter to the Senate to approve a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers in Nigeria.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the president’s request during the plenary on Wednesday, March 20.
The proposed law seeks to prescribe salaries, allowances, and other fringe benefits for judicial officers.
In November 2022, former president Muhammadu Buhari directed the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to take measures for the immediate implementation of an enhanced salary and welfare package for judicial officers.
Buhari’s directive followed the National Industrial Court order in Abuja on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries and allowances of judges in the country.
In the judgement delivered by Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osagie, the court noted that judges’ and justices’ salaries have stagnated for over 14 years.
Obaseki-Osagie also ordered that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) be paid N10 million monthly, while Supreme Court Justices would receive N9 million monthly.
Meanwhile, Tinubu, in the letter, said when approved, the bill titled “Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024,” would generate a new legal framework for the remuneration of judicial officers to improve their welfare.
Here is the table with the salaries and allowances for judicial office holders as per the bill passed by the House of Representatives today:
Judicial Office Holder
Total Monthly Package
Chief Justice of Nigeria
N5,385,047.26
Justices of the Supreme Court
N4,213,192.54
President of the Court of Appeal
N4,478,415.78
Justices of the Court of Appeal
N3,726,665.40
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court
N3,527,022.61
President of the National Industrial Court
N3,527,022.61
Chief Judge of the FCT High Court
N3,527,022.61
Grand Khadi, FCT Sharia Court of Appeal
N3,527,022.61
President of Customary Court of Appeal
N3,527,022.61
Chief Judge of State High Court
N3,527,022.61
Grand Khadi of State Sharia Court of Appeal
N3,527,022.61
President of State Customary Court of Appeal
N3,527,022.61
Additional Allowances (not included in the total monthly package):
Leave allowances
Estacode per night of $2000 when applicable
Duty tour allowances when applicable
Severance gratuity of N80,775,707.70 after successful completion of tenure
Optional motor vehicle loan (to be repaid before expiration of tenure)
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