Worried that their budget allocation had not increased in four years, the Supreme Court Justices objected to Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Judge Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad.
In a letter of appeal to the head of the judiciary, the judges complained that the lack of benefits had hindered their work.
The Supreme Court has received N110 billion per year since 2018 despite its growing size and responsibility.
It is known that its annual budget is not always regularly repaid, resulting in the failure to provide essential services to judges.
Unable to take this any longer, the Judges objected to CJN. Judge Muhammad told his colleagues he must be accountable and transparent.
A source at the Supreme Court said the problems, which extend beyond the CJN, include delays in cashing the Supreme Court budget.
Confused by the tension between the CJN and the Judge, Queen Lafia, Judge Sidi Bage Muhammad was confused. address the challenges faced by Supreme Court justices.
The investigation found that tensions within the Supreme Court had been simmering since March 23, when the CJN set up a social welfare commission. On March 24, the committee submitted to CJN a list of requests from the Supreme Court justices.
The issues raised by the judges were not to replace substandard vehicles; Housing problems; shortage of medicine at the Supreme Court infirmary; provide epileptic power to the Supreme Court; electricity price increase; no quota increase for diesel oil; lack of Internet service in houses and rooms.
Others are internal issues, including the failure to sign the Court’s Amended Rules for nearly three years; abrupt cessation of two to three seminars and training abroad for judges per year; does not provide qualified legal assistants.
