President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new salary scale for judicial officers, just as he directed the immediate implementation of the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for the officers.
He disclosed this at the official inauguration and handing over ceremony of Nabo Graham-Douglass Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt to the Council of Legal Education.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu,
Buhari was represented by the AGF and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami, SAN.
Buhari directed the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission and Malami to promptly initiate measures towards the prompt implementation of the salary across the country.
He stated that the initiatives were targeted at strengthening the capacity and independence of the judiciary, which he said remained a pillar of strength and stability for the nation’s democracy.
Buhari assured that his administration would continue to support efforts aimed at transforming the judiciary, as part of a critical strategy, in ensuring a fair, progressive and prosperous society, with the rule of law as its cornerstone.
He, therefore pleaded with the judiciary to continously uphold the ethics of their profession and operate with accountability and probity in the exercise of their judicial and administrative duties.
Buhari also charged the Council of Legal Education to sustain the trust by optimally maintaining and running the project in its quest to improve and sustain high standards in legal education.
“The legal profession thrives on sound learning, ethical values, and good character: therefore, it is our abiding duty to sustain high standards for those on whose shoulders rest the future of both the bar and the bench", he added.
He commended Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and congratulated the people of the State and the entire justice sector for the initiative.
The President stated that the initiative culminated in the building and handing over of the new campus to the Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Law School.
He also commended the naming of the newly commissioned campus after Nabo Graham-Douglas, SAN.
Graham-Douglas was a former Attorney-General of Eastern Nigeria, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Rivers State and Attorney-General of the Federation.
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