Workers in Akwa Ibom under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State branch, have given the State Government up to one month to fulfil all obligations reached between the union or face a strike.
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In a strike notice issued to the Governor Umo Eno, the union said it would have no option but to embark on strike if the State Government fails to release all outstanding entitlements due to judiciary staff within the stipulated period.
These include the 2025 robe allowance for lawyers, the 2024 and 2025 promotion arrears, salary arrears for court assessors, and the prompt correction of discrepancies in the CONAKEJUSS progressive salary table.
The notice was contained in a communiqué made available to journalists in Uyo on Wednesday following the union’s congress held on January 30, 2026, at the Justice Idiong Multipurpose Hall, Judiciary Headquarters, Uyo.
The well-attended congress, which drew members of the Executive Committee and representatives from the state’s 16 judicial divisions, was presided over by the Branch Chairman, Comrade Katele Ajah.
While deliberating on issues affecting its members, the congress commended Governor Eno for approving a 15 per cent increase in peculiar allowance for judiciary staff and for the ₦1.5 million refreshment package approved during the 2025 Workers’ Day celebration.
However, the union expressed strong displeasure over the non-implementation of the 15 per cent arrears effective from April 2025.
The union also acknowledged the governor’s allocation of 1,000 employment slots to the judiciary but described the figure as grossly inadequate to address the manpower deficit caused by retirements, deaths, and other exits since 2013.
The communique reads in part, “We call on the State Government to immediately release all outstanding entitlements due to judiciary staff within one month.
“These include the 2025 robe allowance for lawyers, the 2024 and 2025 promotion arrears, salary arrears for court assessors, and the prompt correction of discrepancies in the CONAKEJUSS progressive salary table.
“The union also called for the provision of an official vehicle to the Executive Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission, as well as pool vehicles for both the judiciary and the JSC.”
It therefore appealed to the governor to increase the employment slots to a minimum of 2,500 to meet the growing needs of the judiciary and the Judicial Service Commission. The Congress further emphasised the need to prioritise the absorption of temporary staff during the recruitment process.
Citing the Third Schedule, Part II, Paragraph 2(1)(a) and (b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the union urged the governor to reconsider the imposition of the unified state employment portal on the judiciary. According to the Congress, such a policy undermines the constitutional functions of the Judicial Service Commission, a constitutional body.
Among other issues discussed and unanimously agreed upon were the immediate release of all outstanding entitlements due to the judiciary staff. These include the 2025 robe allowance for lawyers, the 2024 and 2025 promotion arrears, salary arrears for court assessors, and the prompt correction of discrepancies in the CONAKEJUSS progressive salary table.
The union also called for the provision of an official vehicle to the Executive Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission, as well as pool vehicles for both the judiciary and the JSC.
At the close of the congress, the union resolved that if, at the expiration of the one-month notice from the date of service of the communiqué, the government fails to respond positively to its demands, it would proceed with a three-day warning strike to press home its grievances.
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