The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday ordered an increment in the salaries of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other judges.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sebastine Hon, filed a suit seeking an upward review of the emoluments and salaries of judges in Nigeria.
He argued that the salaries of Nigerian judges have remained stagnant since 2008 when they were last reviewed.
Hon sought among others, in his suit, an order compelling the National Assembly, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to increase the salaries and allowances of judges in the country.
In her ruling, the trial judge, Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, said judges have been victims of great injustice and described their poor salaries as a national shame.
The court ordered the RMAFC to immediately raise the salary of the Chief Justice of Nigeria to N10 million monthly from the current N3.4 million per annum, said to be far below what is earned by his counterparts in other countries.
The judge also ordered the RMAFC to review the salaries of other heads of courts and their judges ranging between N9 million to N7 million monthly.
