Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No. 37) Act, 2023
Unifies the retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers; High Court judges' retirement age moves from 65 to 70.
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President Tinubu signed this constitution alteration, passed by the outgoing 9th National Assembly, on 8 June 2023. According to the Presidency's statement as reported by Daily Post, it brings judicial officers' retirement age and pension rights into uniformity and raises the retirement age of High Court judges from 65 to 70. (The text of the Act, a scanned PDF, was not read for this dataset.)
Who this affects
Judges of superior courts of record and their pensions.
What it changes
- 1Uniform retirement age and pension rights for judicial officers; High Court judges' retirement age changed from 65 to 70 (Daily Post, 8 June 2023).
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-.Effect (paraphrased)
(paraphrased) Brings judicial officers' retirement age and pension rights into uniformity; the retirement age of High Court judges changes from 65 to 70.
This is a readable rendering for citizens. The authoritative text is the gazetted version — linked below.
Assented
8 June 2023
Statement by the President's Director of Information, reported by Daily Post on 8 June 2023.
Official text
The gazetted document
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