The President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said the judiciary in the country should expect more reforms.
He said this during his first Democracy Day speech as president.
According to reports, Tinubu assented to a constitutional amendment bill bringing uniformity to the retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers last Thursday.
“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,” a statement signed by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, read.
The statement was titled, ‘President Tinubu assets to the constitutional amendment bill on uniformity in retirement age of judicial officers.’
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,” the statement read.
