Judicial Workers In Nigeria Are On A Salary Scale For Ten Years – Gov Fayemi

By Ayodele Oni

Ekiti state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has bemoaned the plight of Judges in Nigeria who are stagnant on a salary scale for ten years now, blaming this on inactivity of the National Judicial Council (NJC).

He has, therefore called on the NJC to wake up and commence upward review of salaries and allowances of Judicial workers.

The Governor made the call in Ado Ekiti on Monday at the swearing in of the new acting Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice John Oyewole Adeyeye.

Justice Adeyeye succeeds Justice Ago Daramola who retired last week after the mandatory 65 years.

Governor Fayemi pointed out  that it was unfair that for the past ten years nothing was done on the salaries and allowances of Judicial workers inspite of increment in the emoluments and salaries of political workers and civil servants.

He urged the NJC to work with the stakeholders in the sector to make a genuine case for upward review of judicial workers salaries to improve their standard of living.

According to him, JUSUN and NJC are supposed to Collaborate on this and list it among their demands in the ongoing agitation for judicial autonomy.

The Governor urged the new Acting Chief judge to key into his administration commitment to ensure total eradication of gender base violence and other crimes against humanity in the state.

Governor Fayemi also called for the establishment of mobile court in police stations across the country to facilitate easy prosecution of criminal cases

Earlier, the Acting chief Judge, Justice John Adeyeye promised to discharge his duties effectively and consolidate on the successes recorded by his predecessor.