Governors Have Reneged On Their Agreement, No Update On JUSUN Strike Yet — NBA

*Says JUSUN has assured that no more Judgements or Hearing Of
Cases By Any Court

The 1st Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, John
Aikpokpo-Martins, has said that there is no update on the ongoing
strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, yet.

Aikpokpo-Martins, in an interview with Nairalaw, said
but as things are now, is governors that are holding everybody to
ransom by failing to comply with the agreement they had with
JUSUN.

“Is governors that are holding everybody to ransom. They have
gone against the agreement. The agreement was very straightforward.
They are supposed to have paid last week upon receiving
allocations. But when they received the allocations, they didn’t
pay.” he said

According to him, the governors are saying that “we should wait
for last week of June when they will get another allocation from
the federal purse. But the question is: if they entered into an
agreement whose implementation was to start this May, what
guarantee do we now have that even in that June, they will also not
renege?”

He said NBA is working to make sure that work resumes as soon as
possible

He also said he met with the executives of JUSUN today and
conveyed displeasure over the opening of Supreme Court and other
courts for judgements to be delivered or cases to be conducted. He
noted that the JUSUN executives denied been aware of it not until
when they heard it from people and went there (the Supreme Court)
to confirm it themselves. They said they have changed their men
stationed at the court. They assured that it will not repeat itself
again.

*Says JUSUN has assured that no more Judgements or Hearing Of
Cases By Any Court

The 1st Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, John
Aikpokpo-Martins, has said that there is no update on the ongoing
strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, yet.

Aikpokpo-Martins, in an interview with Nairalaw, said
but as things are now, is governors that are holding everybody to
ransom by failing to comply with the agreement they had with
JUSUN.

“Is governors that are holding everybody to ransom. They have
gone against the agreement. The agreement was very straightforward.
They are supposed to have paid last week upon receiving
allocations. But when they received the allocations, they didn’t
pay.” he said

According to him, the governors are saying that “we should wait
for last week of June when they will get another allocation from
the federal purse. But the question is: if they entered into an
agreement whose implementation was to start this May, what
guarantee do we now have that even in that June, they will also not
renege?”

He said NBA is working to make sure that work resumes as soon as
possible

He also said he met with the executives of JUSUN today and
conveyed displeasure over the opening of Supreme Court and other
courts for judgements to be delivered or cases to be conducted. He
noted that the JUSUN executives denied been aware of it not until
when they heard it from people and went there (the Supreme Court)
to confirm it themselves. They said they have changed their men
stationed at the court. They assured that it will not repeat itself
again.