Retired and serving judges in Ogun state, have asserted that the remuneration of judicial officers should be increased regularly, and not occasionally or arbitrarily, stressing that true well-being is sustained, not sporadic.
The judges also decried the inadequate funding, poor infrastructure, saying, although being the third and co-equal arm of government, they are treated as an afterthought.
They stated tat the Ogun State 2025 Judges’ Conference themed, “Judicial Officers’ Well-Being”, held at the judicial complex, Abeokuta, the state capital.
In her welcome address, the State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu and the guest speaker, Dr Mrs Bolatito Fatunsi, lamented that their stagnant salaries were a silent testament to institutional neglect, disclosing that they suffered this ill for 15 years, until 2023 when President Bola Tinubu signed the new Act on Judicial Salaries and Allowances.
Dipeolu while expressing gratitude to the president, asked that the positive development do not become a one-off event but the beginning of a new era of sustained investment in judicial welfare.
