Ben Ayade, the Governor of Rivers State, has approved the new salary and welfare packages of judicial officers in the state, at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar.
The new salary package takes effect from August 1, 2022, and the salaries of the state’s High Court judges will be increased by 100 per cent, the judges of the Customary Court of Appeal would have their salaries increased by 100 per cent, while those of Magistrates Court would be increased by 50 per cent.
The governor has also granted all judicial officers in the state immediate land allocation. Also Ayade said, “As a matter of state government’s policy, any judicial officer sworn in will have his or her official car ready for delivery. ”
The Committee had retired Justice Eyo Effiong Ita as Chairman and the state’s Head of Service, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji as Secretary.
