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Nigeria’s Supreme Court engulfed in rare welfare complaints row

Map showing the NIgerian capital Abuja, where the Supreme Court sits (Al Jazeera)

Nigeria’s chief justice has defended the treatment of the country’s Supreme Court judges after more than a dozen of them lodged a grave complaint about their working conditions, according to local media reports.

Local newspapers reported that weeks ago, 14 of the apex court’s 16 judges had sent a complaint to the nation’s top judge. In the leaked memo, they complained about a number of welfare and logistical issues including a lack of research assistants and inadequate accommodation.

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