JUSUN Apologises To Nasarawa CJ For Disrupting Court Sitting

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSU) has apologised to Mr
Suleiman Dikko, the Chief Judge (CJ) of Nasarawa State for
disrupting the sitting of his court.

Mr Maruan Mustapher-Adamu, president of the union tendered the
apology during a reconciliatory meeting with the officials of
Nsarawa State Government on Tuesday in Lafia.

Mustapher-Adamu said the meeting was aimed at resolving the
lingering industrial crisis involving judicial workers and the
government.

He urged both parties to put whatever might have happened behind
them.

According to him, no matter what happened, it is not right for
the workers to disrupt sitting in any court.

“As staff of the judiciary, we know the sanctity in the office
of the CJ, therefore distrusting his court was not right.

“As a leader, I take responsibility for their action because we
gave the union the permission to protest and proceed on strike,”
the president said.

He however appealed to Nasarawa Judicial Service Commission to
reverse its decision on the dismissal of 20 members of the
union.

Responding, the CJ accepted the apology and said that as a
father, he did not have any personnel problem with the workers.

He also advised members of the union to desist from transferring
personal aggression into union affairs.

He promised to present their request to reverse the dismissal of
some of the members to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for
consideration.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union embarked on
an indefinite strike since Nov. 13 2018, to demand for better
welfare of its members.

NAN also reports that the JSC on Nov. 26, 2018 dismissed 20
officials of the union for their alleged roles in disrupting a
sitting court.