In Nigeria, house of representatives submits for presidential approval constitutional bill to raise judicial retirement age from 65 to 70 years

The House of Representatives has directed the National Assembly Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal to transmit a bill which approves a uniform retirement age for judicial officers to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The constitutional bill is seeking to extend the retirement age of high court judges from 65 to 70 years. The bill according to the lawmakers was part of 46 constitution alteration bills transmitted to States Houses of Assembly for concurrence in March last year.
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