300 per cent increase in Judges salaries: Advocacy group want same gesture extended to other workforce

The Advocacy for Justice and Accountability (AJA), a non-governmental organisation, has lauded the increase in the salaries of judicial officers.

AJA also appealed to the Federal Government to extend the gesture to all other workers.

The Country Director of AJA, Mr Ogedi Ogu, who made the commendation in an interview in Lagos, said that the increase was long overdue.

TRIPLENET reports that the Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill granting 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at both the federal and state levels.

The Senate approved a report presented by its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.

Reacting to the development, Ogu said that other Nigerian workers deserved the same treatment.

“For us in the Advocacy for Justice and Accountability, improvement in workers’ salaries and emoluments should not be selective.

“We are not saying that the 300 per cent increase in the salaries of judges is not welcomed. It is very much welcomed.

“However, government must understand that there ought to be a machinery where things of such flow naturally without making it to the pages of newspapers,” he said.

According to Ogu, it is important to have a well-structured approach.

“We believe that the welfare of workers should be improved across all strata, and we will continue to hold government accountable.

“If the economy is strong, the 300 per cent increment today would remain relevant for many years to come,” he said