CJN Meets JUSUN Leaders, Seeks End To Strike

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad,
has met with some officials of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN) on how to mitigate the impact of the ongoing strike on the
judiciary.

At the meeting, which held in the CJN’s office within the
Supreme Court complex, Justice Muhammad appealed to the JUSUN
members to call off the strike.

The CJN assured efforts would be intensified to ensure that
state governments obey the Executive Order 10 and the various court
judgements affirming financial autonomy of the judiciary.

Media aide to the CJN, Ahuraka Isah, in a statement, quoted
Justice Muhammad as noting that: “The unintended sufferers of this
strike are better imagined than seen.

“It has spiral effects, including our children, the Federal
Judiciary which is a lesser culprit.

“Ordinarily, I would say let me talk to individual 36 state
governors, which amount to asking for their favours. But, some of
them would ask me to do ten favours in return.

“This is why, as a judge, I am prohibited from asking for
favour,” he said.

According to Isah, JUSUN’s delegation to the meeting was led by
the National Treasurer, Jimoh Musa.

The President of JUSUN, Marwan Adamu, was said to have been
absent from the meeting on account of his involvement in an auto
crash while travelling from Kano to attend the meeting in
Abuja.

Isah stated Musa promised the CJN that his suggestions would be
tabled before the JUSUN’s 19-members National Executive Council
(NEC) before a decision is taken.

Musa, he added, said the delegation needed to report to JUSUN’s
NEC because only three of the NEC members attended the meeting with
the CJN.

He quoted Musa as saying: “We have to table the CJN’s fatherly
advice before our NEC meeting and consequently get back to his
lordship.”

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad,
has met with some officials of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN) on how to mitigate the impact of the ongoing strike on the
judiciary.

At the meeting, which held in the CJN’s office within the
Supreme Court complex, Justice Muhammad appealed to the JUSUN
members to call off the strike.

The CJN assured efforts would be intensified to ensure that
state governments obey the Executive Order 10 and the various court
judgements affirming financial autonomy of the judiciary.

Media aide to the CJN, Ahuraka Isah, in a statement, quoted
Justice Muhammad as noting that: “The unintended sufferers of this
strike are better imagined than seen.

“It has spiral effects, including our children, the Federal
Judiciary which is a lesser culprit.

“Ordinarily, I would say let me talk to individual 36 state
governors, which amount to asking for their favours. But, some of
them would ask me to do ten favours in return.

“This is why, as a judge, I am prohibited from asking for
favour,” he said.

According to Isah, JUSUN’s delegation to the meeting was led by
the National Treasurer, Jimoh Musa.

The President of JUSUN, Marwan Adamu, was said to have been
absent from the meeting on account of his involvement in an auto
crash while travelling from Kano to attend the meeting in
Abuja.

Isah stated Musa promised the CJN that his suggestions would be
tabled before the JUSUN’s 19-members National Executive Council
(NEC) before a decision is taken.

Musa, he added, said the delegation needed to report to JUSUN’s
NEC because only three of the NEC members attended the meeting with
the CJN.

He quoted Musa as saying: “We have to table the CJN’s fatherly
advice before our NEC meeting and consequently get back to his
lordship.”