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Nigeria: Poor Salaries Exposing Nigerian Justices to Bribery

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On Wednesday the senate informed that the poor salaries of judges have made them engage in taking bribes from politicians and well-placed citizens. According to the Senate, with the poor salary packages given to the Judges, they were prone to compromising to corruption in carrying out their responsibilities of adjudication and dispensation of justice.

Speaking in Abuja, during the presentation of the Eight Justices which were recently nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari from the Court of Appeal as Justices of Supreme Court, Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central lamented the poor packages given judicial officers and Justices in the country. Supporting his argument, Senator Bamidele said that presently, the pay of the Justices of Supreme Court per annum as far as basic salary is concerned, is N2.477million, while those of the Court of Appeal is N1.995million and Judges of the High Court, N1.804million.

Data source: All Africa news

TOA Correspondent

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