By Araba Kayode
Thus, the chairman of Senate committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal matters, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno (APC, Borno North) on Monday said the National Assembly is committed to embarking on multi-dimensional reforms that would strengthen and reposition the nation’s judiciary.
He added that the reforms will be in tandem with global best practices and contemporary realities of time.
Monguno, said this at a one-day public hearing to look into a bill for an act to prescribe the salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in Nigeria and other related matters, 2024.
However, he eulogised judicial officers in Nigeria but regretted that in spite of their roles in maintaining social stability, promoting economic development and safeguarding the integrity of our institutions, salaries and allowances of judicial officers have remained stagnant for far too long.
Monguno said must ensure that they are paid remuneration commensurate with the gravity of their work and the high moral standards expected of them meanwhile the Attorney-General and minister of justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, threw his weight behind the bill.
Also other stakeholders who spoke include the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who bemoaned that for Seventeen years, judicial officers earned the same salary.
