The lawmakers’ move for the amendment followed a legal threat by a lawyer, Festus Ogun, who, on Monday, July 1, threatened legal action against the federal government should the tenure of the IGP Kayode Egbetokun be extended beyond his retirement age.
According to The Nation, the amendment of the police act would allow the IGP to stay in office for the period stated in his appointment letter.
The police amendment act reads in part:
President Bola Tinubu appointed Egbetokun as the IGP in June 2023 for a four-year term set to end in June 2027. By September, Egbetokun would have served only one year and three months, with two years and nine months remaining in his term, considering the current retirement age.
Ogun noted that the current IGP Egbetoku will reach retirement age by September 4, 2024, and any attempt to extend his tenure would be challenged in court.
His tweet reads:
See the tweet here:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that the House of Representatives passed the new minimum wage bill into law on Tuesday, July 23, following President Bola Tinubu’s request.
President Tinubu had pegged the new minimum wage to N70,000 following meetings between the government, labour, and the organised private sector.
Therefore, President Tinubu’s passage of the executive bill has increased the minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
