The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has ordered its members across the country to suspend their planned nationwide strike, which was scheduled to begin on Monday, June 2.
In a statement released on Sunday and signed by Mr. Joel Ebiloma, Public Relations Officer of the National Judicial Council (NJC) chapter, the union instructed its members across the federation to put the industrial action on hold for two weeks.
The suspension comes after the timely intervention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Minister of Labour, and other key stakeholders who held a series of meetings with JUSUN leadership over the past 48 hours.
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โThese meetings were between JUSUN of various Federal Judicial Bodies, Minister of Labour, and other stakeholders from the Judiciary as mandated by the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria.
“Having had several deliberations with the various stakeholders, NJC JUSUN is working round the clock to resolve all pending issues.
“In the aforesaid meetings that were held in the last 24 to 48 hours, it was resolved that we give the Minister of Labour and other critical stakeholders two weeks to solve the pending problems with the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
“In the light of the above, we wish to state clearly that the NJC JUSUN hereby direct all staff to come to the office on Monday
โThis is to allow the relevant stakeholders engage the necessary authorities to ensure that the Accountant General of the Federation releases the Statutory Allocations to the Judiciary based on the 2025 Appropriation in which the arrears Wage Award, minimum wage and the 25%/35% salary increase have been captured.”
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