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CJN urges judiciary workers to call off strike action
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Tuesday, urged the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to call off their ongoing strike action.
JUSUN had ordered its members across the federation to shut all courts to press home their demand for implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary.
Consequently, members of the union locked out judges, lawyers, litigants and the general public on Tuesday, barring anyone from gaining access into all the courts within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
Among courts that were shut down by the protesting workers included the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the National Industrial Court, as well as the Federal High Court.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
There is confusion over the health status of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
Whereas the Supreme Court, in a statement that was signed by its Director of Press and Information, Dr Akande Festus, debunked report that there is anxiety over the CJN’s health, a Justice of the Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, reportedly confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Justice Saulawa who was said to have made the disclosure during the unveiling ceremony of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria, MULAN, in Abuja on Tuesday, further revealed that the CJN is currently receiving treatment in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.