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Published 5 April 2021
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Judiciary has urged members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria not to embark on strike, saying it will intervene in the crisis between the government and the workers.
Chairman of the committee, Onofiok Luke, made the plea in a statement issued on Monday night, as the industrial action is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
The statement read, “The attention of the Federal Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, Nigeria, has been drawn to the planned nationwide strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on the failure of governments to implement the financial autonomy of Judiciary.
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The Nigerian Bar Association has faulted the proposed strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria scheduled to start on Monday (today), describing it as untimely because of its ‘potentially devastating consequences.’
The organisation expressed worry that despite the provisions of the 1999 constitution which confer autonomy on the Judiciary, the executive arm of the government had customarily refused to comply with the provisions targeted at safeguarding the independence of the judiciary.
The President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata, said these in a statement on Monday titled, ‘Proposed strike action by JUSUN over financial autonomy for Judiciary.’