FG Has Commenced Implementation Of 300% Salary Increase For Judicial Officers, Says AGF

Justice Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi has announced that the Federal Government has commenced the implementation of the 300% pay rise for judicial officers.

Fagbemi made this known on Monday at the 12 Convocation ceremony of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) in Ekiti State.

“One ongoing concern before I took office was the poor remuneration of judicial officers,” the AGF said at the event’s grand finale where he was conferred with an honourary doctorate in Law.

“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 the 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.