Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria ( JUSUN ) has commenced a nationwide strike in order to press home their demands.
GoldenNewsNg gathered the Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday has reportedly staged a protest to the National Assembly in solidarity with the judicial workers who are protesting for financial autonomy.
At the Nigeria capital, the JUSUN members converged at the gate of the court of appeal in Abuja, chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards.
Top on the list of their demands is the issue of financial autonomy to the judiciary. They are also demanding for the payment of peculiar allowances to their members.
JUSUN had since April 6, 2021 locked courts in Nigeria because of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary as the third arm of government.
The union had challenged the Federal and State governments who have over the years declined to grant financial autonomy to the judiciary.
The NBA President on Friday directed its branch chairmen nationwide to lead “visit” to government houses in their states over the 36 governors’ unwillingness to implement judiciary’s financial autonomy.
In a statement by the president of the association, Olumide Akpata, the branch chairmen were directed to lead the “visits”, described as peaceful protests on Monday, and on all other subsequent Mondays until the demand for the financial autonomy for the judiciary are met.
It called on the branch leaders “to effectively mobilise their members” for the “visit to the governors at the state government houses” to ensure that the demands were met.
