Strike: JUSUN Gives Almakura, Dikko December Deadline To Resolve Dispute

National President of JUSUN Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu warned that the judiciary workers nationwide would be mobilized to occupy the state from the first week of January 2019; if the relevant authorities fail to resolve the matter within the stipulated time. The Judiciary workers in the state have been on strike for three weeks over an allegation of illegal deductions from workers monthly salaries without their consent. Comrade Marwan also lamented the industrial dispute in Kogi State and called on the authority to address the issue immediately. The JUSUN President said: “We are on strike in Kogi State for non-payment of salary running into six months. Also, we are still on strike in Nasarawa State but my worry is that the cause of the matter has been abandoned and unnecessary diversion being introduced by the chief judge of Nasarawa State. “The cause of the issue was that there is an allegation that the salaries of our members are being deducted every month by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State and that is our major complain. In the process, the CJ is alleging that he had been harassed while sitting, though the state governor has promised to intervene on the matter. “We are going to deploy our strategy to ensure that this issue is resolved, but in a situation where the government fail to intervene and the CJ continues, we will deploy labour mechanism to resolve the issue. “We are giving the state government till the end of this year to resolve the issue and once they fail, we will occupy Nasarawa State in the first week of 2019 by the entire workers of the judiciary in the country and it will continue until the right of our members is restored.” Comrade Marwan stressed that the claim by the CJ that he was harassed is diversionary, adding that he should tell Nigerians where and when such thing happened. He described JUSUN as a responsible union that are law-abiding, peaceful and focus, stressing that” we hope the CJ is not taking it for granted.” On the recently constituted committee for implementation of Judiciary and States Assemblies autonomy, Marwan urged President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the committee, considering the importance of the matter. “We, therefore, call on Mr President to inaugurate the committee because of the importance attached to it by ensuring that Judiciary, as well as state assemblies, is independent,” he said.]]>