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We have been on one salary grade for over 10 years now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay I also call on government to increase financial allocations that will enable us to introduce technical innovations that would improve adjudication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reviewing the court\u2019s performance in the previous legal year, Dongban-Mensem said a total of 5,092 appeals and 9,249 motions were filed in 20 divisions of the court between September 2020 and August 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the court of appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem has stated that salaries of judicial officers have not been reviewed for over 10 years. This was made known by the appellate court president while speaking on Monday at the opening of the 2021\/22 legal year in Abuja. 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