The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to immediately put in place the necessary machinery for upward review of the salaries and allowances of the judicial officers in Nigeria.
Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae who issued the order held that the current salaries and allowances of judicial officers in the country is not only abysmally low but embarrassing.
Delivering judgment in a suit filed against the Federal Government by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sebastine Hon, Justice Obaseki-Osaghaehe held that the refusal of the government to review the judicial officers salaries and allowances for 14 years was unconstitutional, unlawful and should be compelled to do the needful.
The judge ordered the Federal Government to commence a monthly payment of 10 million naira to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)while also reeling out packages for other k judicial officers.
The plaintiff had asked the court to compel the defendants to increase the salaries and allowances of judges in the country.
He posited among other grounds that the current economic reality in the country requires that the salaries and allowances of the nation’s judges be urgently improved upon.
