“Consequent upon the general legislative powers conferred upon a State House of Assembly by Subsections (6) and (7) of Section 4 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended; Section 124 thereof empowers the State House of Assembly to prescribe remuneration for certain categories of Public Officers and Political Office Holders. The Section stipulates inter alia that:- “124-(1) There shall be payable to the holders of the offices mentioned in this Section such salaries and allowances as may be prescribed by a House of Assembly but not exceeding the amount as shall have been determined by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. (2) The salaries and allowances payable to the holders of the offices so mentioned shall be charged upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State. (3) The salaries payable to the holders of the said offices and their conditions of service other than allowances shall not be altered to their disadvantage after their appointment. (4) The offices aforesaid are offices of the Governor, Deputy Governor, the Auditor-General of a State, Auditor-General of a Local Government Councils of State, and Chairman and Members of the following bodies, that is to say, the State Civil Service Commission, the State Judicial Service Commission, the State Local Government Service Commission.” Per ABDU ABOKI, JSC In NWOKEDI v. ANAMBRA STATE GOVT & ANOR (2022-LCER-46521-SC) (Pp 13 – 14; Paras A – A)

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