The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Fagbemi, has bemoaned the neglect in the remuneration of judicial officers.
For close to 17 years, a situation he asserted as harmful to any meaningful judicial reform.
He stated this today Monday during a one-day public hearing bordering on the advancement of the welfare of the judiciary
And the need to salvage an impoverished judiciary.
Fagbemi and the Minister of Finance, Edun, had appeared before the Senate committee on Judiciary.
Also before human rights and legal matters for the commencement of hearing on a bill for an Act.
To prescribe the salaries and allowance, and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in Nigeria and related matter bill 2024.
He further reminded that between May 1999 and March 2011, the Federal Government had reviewed the salaries and allowances of Public Servants and Political office holders on four occasions and New regimes of national minimum wage, were also put in place within the same period, however, noted that the salaries of judicial officers were only reviewed twice during the same period.
