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Cash crunch: CJN, 600 judges yet to receive January salary
The current cash crunch in the nation occasioned by dwindling revenue is continuing to bite harder, as the Chief Justice of Nigeria and 600 other judicial officers are yet to collect their January salaries.
Reports say apart from the CJN, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, Supreme Court Justices, justices of the Court of Appeal and all Federal and state High Court judges, are affected.
The non-payment of salaries also affected workers in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Federal High Court, National Industrial Court and the National Judicial Council, leaving only state Judiciary workers in the 36 states as the lucky ones.
According the reports, the judiciary allocation for January has not been released due to lack of funds despite presentations made by the National Judicial Council (NJC) to the Executive to release the votes in the First Line Charge.
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A source quoted by the report said: “The CJN and over 600 judges are stranded because they have not been paid since January. The allocation due to NJC for the payment of salaries and allowances of judicial officers is yet to be released.
“Most of the judges are unhappy but they cannot complain due to their Judicial Oath. The non-payment of salary has affected workers in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal Federal High Court, National Industrial Court and the National Judicial Council.
“Already, the judges are due for February pay too. The danger is that these judges can be tempted to find alternative means of survival.”
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