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The House of Representatives has passed a bill for an Act for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in the country, with a total monthly package of N5.39m going to the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
In the executive bill submitted to the Green Chamber on Tuesday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, other justices of the Supreme Court are to earn a total package of N4.21m, while the President of the Court of Appeal is to earn a total monthly package of N4.48m.
The bill seeks to amend Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) Act, No. 6, 2002 (as amended) by deleting Section 2(b), Part II of the Schedule to the Act, and any other provisions relating to judicial office holders.
Tinubu had on, Tuesday, transmitted a letter to the National Assembly praying it to pass a bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers across the country.
The President’s letter titled, “Transmission of the judicial office holders salaries and allowances, etc bill, 2024” and dated March 19, 2024, reads, “In accordance with the provisions of Section 58(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), I forward, herewith, the Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, Etc) Bill, 2024 for the kind consideration of the House of Representatives.
“The Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, Etc) Bill, 2024 seeks to prescribe salaries, allowances and fringe benefits for Judicial Officers, to end the prolonged stagnation in their remuneration and to reflect contemporary socio-economic realities.”
When signed into law, the legislation will take effect from January 1, 2024.
Each of the Justices of the Court of Appeal is entitled to N7.99m annual basic salary or N665,475 monthly salary.
Each of them is also entitled to N42.32m annual regular allowances or N3.52m monthly regular allowances.
Each of them is also entitled to non-regular allowances of N799m rent (annually); N3.99m Leave Allowance (when applicable), N85,500 Duty Tour Allowance (per night); $1,100 estacode (per night); N23,96m severance gratuity (after successful completion of tenure); N23,96m Furniture Allowance and N31. 94m motor vehicle loan (to be repaid before the expiration of tenure), while Professional Development Assistant is to be paid from the NJC pool.
Utilities and security are to be provided (TDP).
Similarly, judges of the Federal High Court, National Industrial Court, FCT High Court, FCT Customary Court of Appeal, State High Court, State Customary Court of Appeal, Kadis FCT Sharia Court of Appeal and Kadis State Sharia Court of Appeal are entitled to the same salaries, allowances and fringe benefits.
Each of them is entitled to N7.22m annual basic salary or N601,880 monthly salary.
Each of them is also entitled to N36,84m annual regular allowances, or N3.07m monthly regular allowances.
Each of them is entitled to non-regular allowances of N7. 22m rent (annually); N3.61m Leave Allowance (when applicable), N57,000 Duty Tour Allowance (per night); $600 estacode (per night); N21. 68m severance gratuity (after successful completion of tenure); N21,68m Furniture Allowance and N28.89m motor vehicle loan (to be repaid before the expiration of tenure), while Professional Development Assistant is to be paid from the NJC pool.(agency)/PLEASE SHARE
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