President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders’ Salaries and Allowances Bill into law.
The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to Lado, “This extraordinary move underscores the President’s absolute prioritisation 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 are “the prescription of salaries, allowances, and other benefits for judicial officers.
“The amendment of the 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.”
He described the signing of the bill by the president as a landmark achievement and a manifestation of his unwavering commitment to the welfare of Nigeria’s workforce.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
