A SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN), MIKYAU YAKUBU, HAS CALLED FOR IMPROVED REMUNERATION FOR JUDGES IN THE COUNTRY TO AVOID THEIR BEING TEMPTED INTO ENGAGING IN ACTS OF CORRUPTION.
YAKUBU MADE THIS KNOWN IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL, WHERE IT HAD HUNDREDS OF LAWYERS FROM THE THREE BRANCHES IN THE STATE IN ATTENDANCE.
THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA) PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LAMENTED THAT THE SALARIES OF JUDGES INCLUDING THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT HAVE REMAINDED THE SAME SINCE 2007, AND CALLED FOR ITS UPWARDS REVIEW.
HE COMMENDED THE JUDGES IN THE JUDICIARY FOR STRIVING TO LEAVE ABOVE BOARD DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF POOR REMUNERATION AND WELFARE.
YAKUBU PROMISED TO CARRY ON WITH THE POLICIES OF THE OLUMIDE AKPATA ADMINISTRATION. ADDING THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL LOOK AFTER THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY.
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT AT A PARLEY WITH THE STATE CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION WHERE HE WAS ADOPTED AS ITS CONSENSUS CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT, YAKUBU SAID THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE WELFARE OF YOUNG LAWYERS IS ADEQUATELY PROTECTED AND IMPROVED.
