Nigeria, March 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to consider an executive bill seeking the review of salaries, allowances and official benefits of judicial officers.

The president's request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Wednesday.

The executive bill is titled "Judicial office holders, salaries and allowances, etc, bill 2024."

There is a provision for a remuneration package for judicial officers in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the body authorised by law to prepare salaries and allowances for public servants.

According to the existing package prepared by RMAFC, a Chief Justice of Nigeria earns N3,363,972:50 annually an...