The House of Representatives has passed a bill to upgrade the salaries, allowances, and other benefits for judicial office holders. This monthly package includes their basic salaries and all regular allowances which include motor vehicle fueling and maintenance, along with service allowances. The House also approved other regular allowances not embedded in the total monthly package to include leave allowances estacode per night of $2,000 when applicable, duty tour allowances when applicable, severance gratuity of N80, 775,707.70, after the successful completion of tenure as well as an option motor vehicle loan to be repaid before expiration of tenure. The bill which was submitted to the House on Tuesday by the executive was passed at the plenary on Wednesday.
The bill provides a total monthly package of N5,385,047.26 for the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Also, if signed into law, the Justices of the Court of Appeal are to earn a total monthly package of N3, 726,665.40, while the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, President of the National Industrial Court, Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Grand Khadi, FCT Sharia Court of Appeal, President of Customary Court of Appeal, Chief Judge state High Court and Grand Khadi of State Sharia Court of Appeal and President of state Customary Court of Appeal are to earn a total monthly package of N3, 527,022.61. The bill further provides that other Justices of the Supreme Court would earn a total package of N4, 213,192.54, while the President of the Court of Appeal would earn a total monthly package of N4, 478,415.78.
