THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has vowed to resume its suspended strike over what it described as government’s unwillingness to obey the January 13th Federal High Court judgment on financial autonomy of the judiciary, on Monday, December 1.
The union said at the end of an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) at the weekend, that it had finalised all plans to resume the strike.
It also frowned at the continuous delay in the release of allocations to the federal judiciary, as the situation had brought untold hardship on the members of the union.
According to a communiqué jointly signed by the JUSUN president, Marwan Mustapha Adamu and general secretary, Isaiah Adetola, the union expressed concern at a situation, whereby the judiciary was being seen as a branch of the executive arm of government.
The communique stated that the union would not rest until the sector got her total freedom, as enshrined in the constitution.
“Consequently, NEC-in-session, hereby, resolves that all judiciary workers nationwide shall resume the suspended strike on Monday, December 1 in event the technical committee fails,” the communique said.
The union said it decided to grant the seven days requested by the stakeholders on November 19th meeting, adding therefore, that the workers should not be blamed should they failed to implement the court order after the expiration of the seven days.
It stated that the meeting called at the instance of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the supervising Minister of Labour, Accountant-General of the Federation and other stakeholders on November 19, could not resolve the impasse, as government requested for seven days to crosscheck the figure presented by the union.
JUSUN communiqué read in part: “NEC-in-session resolved that the seven days requested by stakeholders to conclude and begin implementation of the said judgment be granted as an act of respect for the incoming Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), subject, however, to no further extension.
“NEC-in-session condemns the unwarranted delay in the implementation of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered on January 13.
“NEC-in-session appreciated the leadership role displayed by the outgoing CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma Muktar while in office. NEC-in-session also congratulates the incoming CJN, Justice Muhmud Mohammed, on his appointment and hope he shall keep the flag of the judiciary flying.”
JUSUN said it was in possession of a court order granted in January 2014, directing that funds/amount standing to credit of states’ judiciary in the Federation/Consolidated Revenue Fund be paid directly to Head of Courts in the various states judiciary, in compliance with section 81(3), 121(3) and 162(9) of the 1999 Constitution as (amended).
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