As Supreme Court Justices Tackle CJN over Poor Welfare

The recent unprecedented confrontation between justices of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad over their poor conditions of service could further dent the image of the all-important third arm of government if not carefully resolved, Alex Enumah writes

The issues raised by the justices in their protest letter are non-replacement of dilapidated vehicles; accommodation problems; lack of drugs at the Supreme Court clinic; epileptic electricity supply to the Supreme Court; increase in electricity tariffs; no increase in the allowances for diesel; and lack of internet services in residences and chambers.

Indeed, salaries and allowances of judicial officers, judges and justices were last reviewed in 2008 through an Act of Parliament. At that time, the exchange rate of naira to a US dollar was N117 as against the current N600, and this has depreciated their entitlements. Recently, Justice Muhammad had lamented that although the Constitution provides for the separation of powers and independence of the three arms of government, he has continued to go cap – in -hand to beg for funds to run the judiciary, a situation, he said, has impacted negatively on the administration of justice in the country.

Even though the CJN commended President Muhammadu Buhari for granting financial autonomy to the judiciary, he said he was saddened by the fact that only a few states have implemented the agreement relating to the funding of state judiciaries. Justice Eko said there have been several calls for the review of salaries of judicial officers and nothing has been done to remedy it and that the plight of retired judicial officers from various state High Court, Sharia Court of Appeal and Customary Court of Appeal is an embarrassment to the judiciary.

In a supporting affidavit to the originating summons, the senior lawyer, who filed in his capacity as a concerned legal practitioner in Nigeria, stated that, as a legal practitioner, “who has practised in all the levels of courts in Nigeria, I know that poor pay for judicial officers is seriously affecting the quality of judgments and rulings those officers are delivering and the discharge of other functions associated with their offices.

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