JUSUN Strike And The Nigerian Factor By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)
If and when we all gather together with one voice to speak truth to power, there will be no need to resort to the Nigerian factor, which is almost tearing apart the fabric of our national life. It cannot be said that in the Nigeria of year 2021, there is no money to maintain judges, to build more courts, to cater to the welfare of judicial staff, to improve infrastructure in the courts and to put in place such enduring mechanisms as to guarantee a smooth and efficient justice system for our nation. Over to you, our governors.
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The courts are still locked, for good cause. The rigmarole between the Federal and the State governments in respect of the current clamour for financial autonomy and independence for the judiciary, is totally unnecessary. But like in all other spheres of our national life, the ‘Nigerian factor’ seems to be creeping into this noble struggle, gradually. No one is sure of anything again, in respect of the JUSUN strike, given the cacophony of voices from different parts of the country.
The expectation was that we will receive daily reports and updates from JUSUN and the NBA with regards to developments on the progress of the strike action so that we can all run with the vision of this epic battle to liberate the judiciary once and for all. We have so far only managed to gather snippets of information from the media about what the Governors are saying and doing, how the President has given a marching order (through his Chief of Staff) to some unidentified persons, what the
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