The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad has urged the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to call off its ongoing strike.
Muhammad said this in a statement by Mr Ahuraka Isah, his Senior Special Assistant on Media on Tuesday.
The CJN met with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige at the Supreme Court over the ongoing strike embarked upon by JUSUN to demand financial autonomy for the Judiciary in the country.
After being briefed by the Minister on the level of negotiations so far, the CJN requested the JUSUN to call off the strike in the interest of the nation and the larger interest of justice.
He added that calling off the strike would also allow opportunity for further negations towards the resolution of the dispute.
The CJN observed that some of the issues in contention are already subjudice and that as such, there is need to give the requisite legal process enough opportunity to be exhausted.
Gfhnews recalls that JUSUN members embarked on the nationwide strike on April 6 in agitation for the judiciary’s financial freedom from the executive, particularly at the state level, where the state governors only fund the two other arms of government as they please.
