The elongation of judges’ retirement age 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration Act, No. 37) in 2023, elongating the retirement age of lower court judges from 65 to 70 years, is praiseworthy. Since May 29, 1999, when the 1999 Constitution was signed into law, the retirement age of judges in the country has remained at 65.