The House of Representatives has resolved to transmit a bill that seeks a uniform retirement age for judicial officers to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
To this end, the House has directed the National Assembly Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal to ensure that the bill is transmitted.
The bill was part of 46 constitution alteration bills transmitted to States Houses of Assembly for concurrence in March last year for their respective inputs.
The passage of the bill however followed the adoption of a motion entitled, “Passage of Constitution (Fifth) Alteration Bill No. 20 (Uniform Retirement Age for Judicial Officers and Pension Rights) 2023,” sponsored by Hon. Idris Wase and 69 other lawmakers.
The House urged Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Plateau and Taraba State Houses of Assembly to forward their resolution on the Bills.
Minority leader of the House Ndudi Elumelu who was a co-sponsor of the bill, noted that “On 5 April, 2023 the Clerk to the National Assembly was directed to transmit Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bill No. 47 that met the requirement of Section 9(2) of the Constitution to the President for his assent.
“The Houses of Assembly of Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Plateau, Sokoto and Taraba States that were yet to forward their resolutions were urged to do so in compliance with Constitutional obligation.
“Sokoto State House of Assembly has accordingly forwarded its resolution. Convinced that with the approval of Sokoto State House of Assembly, the Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bill No 20 (Uniform Retirement Age for Judicial Officers and Pension Rights) has met the provisions of Section 9(2) of the Constitution, for passage.”
