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JUST IN: Judiciary Workers Begin Indefinite Strike, Shut Down Supreme Court
- Judiciary workers on Tuesday shut down the Supreme Court complex in Abuja as they commenced an indefinite nationwide strike.
- The latest development came as a defiance to the appeal by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to shelve the strike, saying it was ill-timed.
Judiciary workers on Tuesday shut down the Supreme Court complex in Abuja as they commenced an indefinite nationwide strike.
The strike began on Tuesday, based on their demands which include a financial autonomy for the judicial arm of government.
The development came as a defiance to the appeal by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to shelve the strike, saying it was ill-timed, considering the COVID-19 constraints the Nigerian courts had been battling within the last year.
Other Supreme Court workers who are returning from the Easter break were not able to access the complex on Tuesday as the two key judiciary institutions – the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) – which share the same premises with the Supreme Court were also affected.
Staff buses were also seen making a detour upon arriving at the barricaded gate of the Supreme Court.
Workers of both the NJC and the FJSC are part of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), the umbrella body of all judiciary workers at all levels in the country, and are also bound by the strike declared by the union.
The action taken by the union at the Supreme Court Tuesday morning is expected to be replicated across all Nigerian courts.
JUSUN had on April 1 issued a circular to the effect of its strike, saying it was necessitated by the failure of the federal and state governments to implement a judgment of the Federal High Court, which granted financial autonomy to the judicial arm of government.
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