‘JUSUN Strike May Not End Soon’

A human rights lawyer
and social crusader, Barr Jackson Assor, says the end of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria’s strike in Rivers State is not right.
Barr Assor who was chatting with newsmen in Port Harcourt Monday, commended the JUSUN authorities for calling off the strike in the federal High Courts nationwide.
He expressed regrets that the JUSUN strike embarked upon by the Rivers State branch more than nine months were passing difficult times.
The Port Harcourt lawyer remarked that the crux of the matter was the appointment of a Chief Judge in Rivers State.
He said the appointment of the state chief judge had not only been politicized but had polarized the Nigerian Bar Association in the state.
Barr Assor noted that the Bar could no longer speak with one voice because of the polarization.
He said laymen were wondering why the so-called wise men could no longer resolve differences in the judiciary.
The Port Harcourt lawyer pointed out that justice was the worst sufferer in the ongoing JUSUN strike.
He said that in a plural society like ours the role of the judiciary in democracy could not be over-emphasized.
Barr Assor stated that in the absence of justice, rule of law, the rule of self-help prevails.
He described Nigeria as Africa’s largest democracy and expressed surprised that things were going tipsy turvey. The Port Harcourt lawyer cautioned that politicians must sustain our democracy.