Judiciary Workers Disrupt Court Sitting In Nasarawa | Nairalaw

The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Judicial Staff Union of
Nigeria (JUSUN), on Thursday disrupted court sittings and chased
out litigants and lawyers who appeared in courts in Akwanga Local
Government Area of the state.

NAN reports that the courts that JUSUN shut down the High Court,
Upper Area Court, Chief Magistrates’ Court, Grade I Area court, all
in Akwanga Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Solomon
Iyigulu, the state Public Relation Officer(PRO) of the union
expressed the union’s disatisfaction over the state government’s
inability to meet their demands.

Iyigulu said that the union was in Akwanga to ensure total
compliance of the strike which began on Nov. 13, 2018 as well as to
ensure that no activity take place in courts not only in Akwanga
but the entire state.

“I call on our members to continue to remain resolute, remain at
home and be law abiding until they hear further directive from us,
” he added

NAN also reports that some state government and private lawyers
and litigants who came for their cases expressed disappointment as
courts remained locked by the JUSUN.

NAN also reports that some of the JUSUN officials who carried
leaves, shouted slogans like:” pay us our salary and meet our
demands if not” , ”we will continue to disrupt courts proceedings
across the state”.

NAN reports that the demands, according to JUSUN, include
lifting of embargo on staff conversion and advancement, lifting of
embargo on staff in service training, stoppage of deductions on
staff of High Court salary and refund of same and implementation of
the financial implication promotion and annual increment.

NAN reports that on Nov. 13, 2018,the state JUSUN commenced an
indefinite strike following the failure of state’s Chief Judge to
meet their demands on welfare issues.

JUSUN also rejected in total the scraping of the Customary Court
of Appeal in the state.

Other issues are that the National Judicial Commission (NJC)
have given three slots for the appointment of judges into the
Customary Court in 2018, but nothing was done to reopen the court
up til now.