President Muhammadu Buhari Friday approved the immediate implementation of the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judiciary officers.
The President further directed that measures be taken to strengthen the capacity and independence of the judiciary.
He gave the order at the official commissioning and handing over ceremonies of the Nabo Graham-Douglass Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt, to the Council of Legal Education.
The President also directed the chairman, Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC) and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to “promptly commence measures towards the realisation and implementation of enhanced salary and welfare scheme for the judiciary officers.”
President Buhari, who was represented by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said the initiatives were targeted at “significantly strengthening the capacity and independence of the judiciary which remains a pillar of strength and stability for the nation’s democracy.”
“This administration will, therefore, continue to support efforts to transform the judiciary, as part of a critical strategy, in ensuring a fair, progressive and prosperous society, with the rule of law as its cornerstone.
“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 said.
He commended the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, and congratulated the people of the state, the Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Law School and the entire justice sector family for the initiative “which culminated in the building and handing over of the new campus to the Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Law School.”
He said the naming of the new campus after Nabo Graham-Douglas, a former Attorney-General of Eastern Nigeria, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Rivers state and the Attorney General of the Federation, was commendable.
