The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its industrial action after over two months.

JUSUN’s suspension of the strike followed a meeting of its national executive council (NEC) held in Abuja.

JUSUN Deputy President, EMMANUEL ABIRI who briefed the Council on behalf of the executive members of the association, explained that the grievance of the union was that despite a Constitutional Provision and the judgement delivered since 2015 in favour of JUSUN, the Executive Order 10 of 2020 and the agreement reached between the union and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the governors have refused to yield financial autonomy to the State Judiciary.

EMMANUEL ABIRI  said that the union’s other grievances include; non-payment of peculiar allowance for judiciary staff; the attempt by the Kaduna State Governor to place the State judiciary under its civil service and scheming for a State Judicial Council.

He, therefore, requested that the Accountant-General of the Federation be directed to deduct from source the amount meant for the Judiciary before the Union could call off the strike.