President Tinubu Assents Bill On Improved Salaries, Allowances For Judicial Officers

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill 2024 into law.

ABN TV reports that the new law prescribes improved salaries and allowances for the nation’s judicial officeholders.

The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon, described the development as an ‘extraordinary move’ which underscored Tinubu’s commitment and prioritisation of the welfare of Nigerian workers.

According to the Presidential aide in the statement obtained by ABN TV, “This extraordinary move underscores Mr President’s absolute prioritization 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.”

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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 new law include: “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 into law by the President as a landmark achievement and a manifestation of his unwavering commitment to the welfare of Nigeria’s workforce.

Lado added: “In a demonstration of his visionary leadership and deep compassion for the Nigerian people, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCON has once again affirmed his unwavering commitment to the welfare of the nation’s workforce by assenting to the revised Salaries and Allowances for Judicial Office Holders.