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Financial Autonomy: Lagos JUSUN Says No Going Back On Strike
The Judiciary Staff Union
of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday said it would only call off its ongoing strike if the government complied with the court judgment granting financial autonomy to states’ judiciary.
Mr Emmanuel Abioye, Chairman, JUSUN, Lagos State branch, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Lagos.
Abioye told reporters that he was satisfied with the level of compliance with the indefinite strike which began on Monday.
He said:”The national body of JUSUN has directed us to embark on an indefinite strike.
“They have actually told us that except government complies with the judgment of court, there is no going back.
“They have actually entered into several memorandum of understanding and till now, those were not respected and that is why the strike is on.”
JUSUN embarked on the strike following the non-implementation of the Jan. 13, 2014 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The court had ordered the Accountant-General of the Federation to make deductions of the amount standing to the credit of states’ judiciary in the Consolidated Revenue Fund
The court directed the AGF to remit it to the National Judicial Council which will then disburse same to the various heads of court.
JUSUN had earlier embarked on a warning strike in July 2014, to press home their demand for financial autonomy of the judiciary.
The Tide source, who monitored developments at the Lagos High Court, Igbosere and Ikeja, as well as some Magistrates’ Courts in the metropolis, report that the gates to the court complexes were locked.