President Bola Tinubu has signed a constitutional amendment bill harmonizing the retirement age of judges across courts.
Abiodun Oladunjoye, the Director of Information, at State House, revealed in a statement on Thursday that the president signed the bill presented by the outgoing 9th National Assembly.
The statement read, “In exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the State House assented to a fresh amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“President Tinubu signed into law the ‘Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No.37), 2023’ presented by the outgoing 9th National Assembly.
“With the signing of the constitutional amendment Bill, retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers have been effectively brought into uniformity and other related matters.”
Before now, state and federal high court judges must quit the bench once they clocked 65.
Similarly, judges of the National Industrial Court and Sharia and customary courts of appeal must retire at 65.
But judges of both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court can remain on the bench till they are 70.
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