The ongoing strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN) over demand for financial autonomy may assume another
dimension as the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch on
Tuesday threatened to stage a protest in its support.
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Chairman of NBA Ikeja, Bartholomew Aguegbodo, announced this to
reporters after a meeting of the branch executive at the Bar
Centre, GRA Ikeja.
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Aguegbodo said if today’s meeting between Governors Forum and
JUSUN fails to agree on implementation of financial autonomy for
the judiciary, the branch: “would have no other option than to take
further steps to compel them to comply with the provisions of the
1999 Constitution, as amended.”
Asked what he meant by “further steps,” the Ikeja NBA chairman
said: “What we are talking about is willful disobedience to
provisions of the constitution.
The ongoing strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN) over demand for financial autonomy may assume another
dimension as the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch on
Tuesday threatened to stage a protest in its support.
Chairman of NBA Ikeja, Bartholomew Aguegbodo, announced this to
reporters after a meeting of the branch executive at the Bar
Centre, GRA Ikeja.
Aguegbodo said if today’s meeting between Governors Forum and
JUSUN fails to agree on implementation of financial autonomy for
the judiciary, the branch: “would have no other option than to take
further steps to compel them to comply with the provisions of the
1999 Constitution, as amended.”
Asked what he meant by “further steps,” the Ikeja NBA chairman
said: “What we are talking about is willful disobedience to
provisions of the constitution.