The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi said the Federal Government has implemented the 300% pay raise for judicial officers. Fagbemi said this on Monday at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) in Ekiti State. “I am again pleased to report that a major intervention of the Tinubu administration in the judiciary is the recent 300% upward review of the remuneration of judicial officers in Nigeria across board. To be true, I can confirm that the implementation of this has begun in earnest.”
He described the move as “an important first step” in the President Bola Tinubu administration’s resolve to “strengthen the judiciary”.
Tinubu had in August signed into law a bill seeking a 300% increase in salaries and allowances for judicial officials.
The AGF also said the Federal Government will be embarking on a holistic review of Nigeria’s laws to respond to the daily needs of the country.
“We have assembled a team of legal luminaries to achieve this within a very limited timeframe”.
“This law review intervention will cut across all aspects of our social, economic, and political life.”