Buhari increases salary of Judicial officers

President Muhammadu Buhari, at the inauguration of the Dr Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, built by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration, revealed his approval of an enhanced salary and welfare package for Nigerian judicial officers.

President Buhari, represented by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, emphasised that enhanced welfare scheme for judicial workers and many other initiatives are targeted at significantly strengthening the capacity and independence of the judiciary which remains a pillar of strength and stability for our democracy.

According to Malami, “Let me use this opportunity also to inform you that as part of the effort to enhance the welfare of judicial officers, Mr President has recently approved an enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judicial officers and accordingly directed the Chairman Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to promptly commence measures towards the realisation and implementation of these directives.”

The President commended Governor Wike for completing the project within one year after he was granted approval, describing it as an exceptional record time for a project of such magnitude.

Buhari noted that it is in recognition of the numerous landmark projects that the governor has executed for the human and economic development of Rivers State that made him discard political considerations to confer Wike with the Excellence Award in Public Service in October.