By OROWO AND VICTORIA OJIEH
President Muhammadu Buhari has consented to the harmonised retirement age for teachers in Nigeria Act, 2022. This marks the hallmark of demands for extending the retirement age of teachers from the current 60 to 65 years and service years, from 35 to 4o years.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. On January 20, 2021, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a bill that aimed to increase the retirement age and the service years of teachers.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said the essence of the bill was to give legal backing for the approval of the new retirement age of 65 from 60 years for teachers and extend their period of service from 35 to 40 years, The Trumpet gathered.
The bill, according to him, also seeks to introduce bursary awards, special rural posting allowances, and other items that will encourage brilliant Nigerians to take up teaching jobs.
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Following its transmission to the National Assembly after a few months, lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed the bill on November 9 last year.
Teachers across the country now have their retirement age and years of service extended by five years as President Buhari assents to the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act.
Apart from the Act, Shehu revealed that the President has assented to the Animal Diseases (Control) Act, 2022, Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021.
The President also assented to the Nigeria Law Reform Commission Act, 2022, the National Biotechnology Development Agency Act, 2022, and the Federal Medical Centre, Hong (Establishment) Act, 2022.
