A bill extending the retirement age of judges and other judicial officers from 65 to 70 years in Osun state was passed on Tuesday by the Osun House of Assembly.
The bill, passed during the plenary session at the state House of Assembly in Osogbo, will be forwarded to the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, for his assent.
Speaking shortly after the passage, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, explained that judges of the National Industrial Court and Sharia and customary courts of appeal must retire at 65, while judges of both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court already have their retirement age pegged at 70.
He stated, “The bill, signed into law by Mr. Tinubu, brought the retirement age of lower court judges in line with that of judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.”
“The Osun State House of Assembly’s bill is a mere formality to update the state’s law with the salient constitutional provision.”
“The constitutional provision extending the retirement age of judges to 70, which supersedes any other law on the subject in the country, already began to take effect as soon as President Tinubu signed it into law in June.”
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