Buhari transmits bill extending teachers’ retirement age, service years to Senate

03 Jun Buhari transmits bill extending teachers’ retirement age, service years to Senate

President Muhammadu Buhari, has transmitted a bill increasing the retirement age of teachers in the country from 60 to 65 years to the Senate.

The bill also seeks to extend the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40 years.

The bill was conveyed in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it out at the start of plenary on Wednesday.

In the letter, the president explained that the piece of legislation would provide for a harmonised retirement age for teachers in Nigeria.

The decision to increase the retirement age and service years of teachers, he said, was pursuant to Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.