The court today,ordered the

National Assembly, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and

Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the Attorney General of the

Federation (AGF) to urgently initiate measures to ensure upward

review of the salaries and allowances of judges in the country.

Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, in a judgment held

that the stagnation of the salaries and allowances of the nation’s

judges since 2008 when they were last increased is not only embarrassing

but an injustice deliberately done to judicial officers, who toil daily to ensure

justice for all.

She ordered that the highest judicial officer, the Chief Justice

of Nigeria (CJN), should henceforth earn N10 million monthly.

According to the judge, other Justices of the Supreme Court and

the President of the Court of Appeal should earn N9 million

monthly while other Justices of the Court of Appeal and

Chief Judges of the High Courts of States and Federal Capital

Territory, President of the National Industrial Court, Grand

Kadis of Sharia Courts of Appeal and President of Customary

Courts are to earn N8 m monthly.

The judge further ordered that other judges of the Federal

High Court, High Court of States, National Industrial Court,

High Court of the FCT, Sharia Courts of Appeal, and Customary

Court of Appeal are to earn N7 million monthly.