All heads of the various courts, such as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court the President of the National Industrial Court, among others, would earn the same basic salary of N7.9 million annually.
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“I think the announcement now appears mischievous because there is no wage increase that the government is announcing. For them to announce it now, it is an issue that we are worried about at the NLC and even at the TUC.”
The Federal Government has approved 25 percent and 35 percent of salary increase for civil servants on the remaining six…
These days, the words dominating the air are “hunger” and “protest”. And that, we are told, is because of two others – “dollar” and “salary”. Unfortunately, those capitalising on the latter two words to push for the first two words hardly mention the words “production” and “security” which are fuelled by justice and fairness. And there can be no justice without the rule of law.
For five years now, I have been advocating for our currency to be strong rather than for salaries to be increased. Not because those collecting salaries from the government are a minuscule few or because of the tendency that makes the prices of everything skyrocket. No. and not because the implication will push a lot of small and medium-scale businesses to death because they cannot afford it or because even big businesses and the government itself must retrench a lot of staff to accommodate salaries in a growing budget.
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has denied media report that the 114 percent salary increase for political office-holders, judicial and public office holders had already been approved for implementation.
Two unrelated pieces of information prompted the writing of this piece. First was the statement from the chairman of the…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has announced the approval of 30% salary increase for doctors…