It is widely said that Nigerian judges are over-worked and grossly underpaid. Senior lawyers have described the conditions of service of judges in the country as “a disgrace”.
So poor indeed is their remuneration that in October 2023, the Nigerian Bar Association doorstepped the federal government asking that the salaries of judges in the country be increased by at least 300 per cent. But some lawyers think this even too low.
Judicial salaries, it is said, have…
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