Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill extending the retirement age of judges and other judicial officers from 65 to 70 years.
The bill, ‘Osun State High Court and Customary Court of Appeal Registrars, Secretary to the State Judicial Council, State Counsels in the Ministry of Justice, State Magistrates and District Customary Courts’ Presidents Retirement Age Bill, 2023’, was passed during the plenary session, held at the assembly complex in Osogbo, after passing the third reading.
Speaker of the assembly, Adewale Egbedun, said the final copy of the bill would be produced and forwarded to Governor Ademola Adeleke for his assent.
The budget defence exercise lasted for 11 days and saw 90 MDAs appearing before the House Committee on Budget and Appropriation, chaired by Saheed Fatunmise.
The last set of MDAs before the committee on Monday included State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Osun East, West and Central Education District Offices.
Others were the Osun state Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Tourism Board and Council for Arts and Culture.
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