The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on April 6, judiciary workers, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike demanding an enforcement of constitutional provisions and court judgments granting financial autonomy to the judiciary at both the state and federal levels.
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Sen. Michael Bamidele, Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters said this in an interview with news men in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has commenced a nationwide protest to press home their demands.
Kingsley Awuka, Chairman of the Committee of Chairmen of the eight branches of NBA in Anambra State, made the assertion in a statement in Awka on Saturday.
The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Luke Onofiok (PDP-Akwa-Ibom), made this known during a meeting with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria in Abuja.
No reason was given for the cancellation of the parleys which were meant to get the members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to call off their indefinite strike action.
Evans was scheduled to continue his defence on Wednesday before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court for the alleged kidnap of Donatus Dunu, the Managing Director of the Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
The judiciary workers are demanding financial autonomy.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that JUSUN began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, April 6, when the union directed all its members across the federation to shut down all courts after the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum earlier given over the failure of the government to implement the financial autonomy of the judiciary.
The legal adviser to JUSUN, Mariam Usuf-Gusau, made this known on Thursday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
NAN reports that officials of JUSUN were seen at the Magistrates’, High and Federal High Courts and the Industrial courts in Yenagoa to monitor the level of compliance.
In a statement on Wednesday, the chairman of the group, Femi Falana (SAN), said it is contradictory for the president to go abroad for medicare when billions of naira are allocated to the health sector every year, apart from the huge amount of money credited to the Presidential Clinic in Aso Rock.
The NBA Chairman in Enugu, Jude Ezegwui, made the call on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu.
The union cited “the 2015 experience” for its decision to boycott the action.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that JUSUN declared an indefinite nationwide strike to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary.
Nwachukwu Anthony, Rivers Chairman of JUSUN, told newsmen on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that the union had decided to embark on the warning strike as soon as the 21-day ultimatum issued to the government lapsed on March 15.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports tat JUSUN embarked on the action on August 13.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kogi Chapter, has cautioned the state House of Assembly against being used by the Executive to illegally and forcefully remove the State Chief Judge Nasir Ajanah.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kogi chapter, has dragged Governor Yahaya Bello, the Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah and seven others, before the National Industrial Court, sitting in Lokoja.
The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria has commenced an indefinite strike following the failure of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman Dikko, to meet their demands on welfare issues.