Nigeria, March 21 -- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will earn as much as N64 million annually, according to the bill seeking to review the salaries and allowances of the country's judicial officers.

Also, the President of the Court of Appeal is to earn N62.4 million annually while the justices of the Supreme Court will earn N61.4 million annually.

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday sent an executive bill to the National Assembly to review the salaries of judicial officers.

The House of Representatives has approved Mr Tinubu's request to increase the salaries and allowances of judicial officers.

According to the bill, the CJN will earn N13.5 million annual basic salary and N51.2 million as regular allowances.

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