CJN Appeals To Judiciary Workers To Call Off Strike

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has called on members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to call off their industrial action.

Muhammad made the appeal to the judiciary workers following a meeting on Tuesday with some national and local officials of the union for a few minutes in his chamber at the Supreme Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The meeting was reportedly convened to explore solutions and ways to mitigate the impact of the ongoing strike on the nation’s judiciary sector.

He criticized the unintended implications of the strike were better imagined than seen as they have spiral effects, including on children and the federal judiciary.

At the end of the meeting, the CJN asked the JUSUN officials to sheath their swords while the process of making state governments obey the Executive Order 10.

Members of the union commenced a nationwide strike on Tuesday in protest against the refusal of the state governments to enforce financial autonomy in the judiciary.

The judiciary workers faulted the state authorities for their action which they said contravened the provisions of the 1999 Constitution.