JUSUN: Why we suspended strike

Publicity Secretary of JUSUN, Kayode Igbarago, in an interview with Daily Trust yesterday said the union decided to suspend the strike for 45 days within which a committee for the implementation of the court order on direct funding of the judiciary.He said the decision was reached on Friday in a meeting attended by representatives of […]

Publicity Secretary of JUSUN, Kayode Igbarago, in an interview with Daily Trust yesterday said the union decided to suspend the strike for 45 days within which a committee for the implementation of the court order on direct funding of the judiciary.
He said the decision was reached on Friday in a meeting attended by representatives of the Accountant-General of the Federation, forum of national Accountants Generals, Ministry of Finance, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the National Judicial Council (NJC).
 JUSUN had in July embarked on an industrial action to press for the implementation of the Federal High Court judgment that judicial funding should be paid directly to the National Judicial Council (NJC) as provided by the constitution.
JUSUN had filed the suit in 2012 challenging the piecemeal payment of funds accruing to the judiciary from the consolidated revenue fund contrary to the provisions of sections 81(3), 121(3) and 162(9) of the 1999 Constitution.