The Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has approved 60 years as the retirement age for law officers in the employment of the state government.
He said the length of service would no longer apply to them.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Sanni Muhammed (SAN), disclosed this Wednesday in Lokoja at a Two- Day Training Workshop for Law Officers, from the Kogi State Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Commission, (PDCRC) and Ministry of Justice.
He stated that the approval was in agreement with sections 1(1) and (4) of the Kogi State Law Officers (Harmonisation with Conditions of Service of Magistrates Etc) Edict, 1994.
“This is in response to Section 82(1)(a) of the Magistrate Courts Law of Kogi State, 2020, which His Excellency assented to in September 2020 and which amongst others provides that ‘A magistrate shall cease to act as a magistrate where: he attains the age of 60 years,” he said.
Mohammed explained that the new retirement age for law officers would ensure that the system benefits maximally from their skills and experience, particularly those the state government has invested heavily in.
