FG begins implementation of 300% pay increase for judicial officers – AGF declares

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, announced that the Federal Government has begun implementing a 300% salary increase for judicial officers.

Fagbemi made this statement on Monday during the 12th Convocation ceremony at 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 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”.

Recall that the Tinubu-led government had in August signed into law a bill seeking a 300% increase in salaries and allowances for judicial officials.

He added, “This is our very modest contribution to the strengthening of our foundation and invariably the country’s democracy,” Fagbemi said.

The AGF further assured that the government is working to review  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,” the minister of justice said.

“This law review intervention will cut across all aspects of our social, economic, and political life.”