Judiciary workers of the federal high courts on Monday joined the ongoing strike embarked upon by their counterparts in the state high courts and magistrates’ courts across the 36 states of the federation.

This was pursuant to the directive given last week by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria for its federal wings to join the indefinite strike.

JUSUN began its strike 11 days ago to protest against the non-compliance of the government with the court ruling upholding independence and financial autonomy for the judiciary.

In an effort to resolve the impasse, JUSUN had last week held a meeting with the the Minister of Labour, Mr. Chukwuemeka Wogu, and other stakeholders but the issues had remained unresolved.

JUSUN had then issued a circular endorsed by its National President, Mr. Marwan Adamu, directing its federal wings to join the strike with immediate effect.

According to the circular, the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, the Federal High Courts and the Federal Capital Territory High Courts are to join the strike.

On Monday, the gates to the the Federal High Court, Lagos, was under locks with security operatives manning the gates.

The jugdment upholding independence and financial autonomy for the judiciary was given on January 14, 2014 by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

In the judgement, Ademola had ruled that the practice whereby the executive directly disbursed funds to the judiciary was a violation of sections 83(1), 212(3) and 162(9) of the 1999 Constitution.

The JUSUN is protesting that while the court’s judgement has neither been appealed nor set aside, governments across the 36 states had flagrantly disobeyed the ruling.



http://www.punchng.com/news/federal-high-court-workers-join-strike/

As in, no be small thing. Private legal practitioners have seen hell.
Notaries Public might still be earning some cash anyways