Judicial workers, JUSUN have resumed full duty in Lagos state after a 23-day strike to press home demand for financial autonomy for the judiciary.
Their resumption followed a directive by the Administrative Department of the Lagos State Judiciary.
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Although all departments of the state judiciary have opened, the courts are yet to commence sitting.
However, Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) Messrs Femi Falana and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa have condemned announcement by Lagos chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) that it has partially reopened courts.
JUSUN Lagos said it had broken ranks with the national body and would be partially opening courts in the state on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays while continuing the nationwide strike on Mondays and Tuesdays.
It said this was in recognition of the Lagos State Government’s efforts to meet their demands on financial autonomy.
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JUSUN on April 6 sealed all Federal and State court in enforcement of its indefinite nationwide strike over the non-implementation of judicial financial autonomy.
The strike is to press home JUSUN’s demand following a landmark High Court judgment of January 13, 2014 which confirmed the autonomy of the Judiciary in line with the Constitution.
The judgment was followed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between JUSUN and relevant stakeholders under which parties agreed to give effect to the judgment, but most state governments are yet to comply.
States have also ignored an Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari requiring them to obey the law.
But chairman of Lagos JUSUN, Shobowale Kehinde, said the branch had partially broken rank with the national union.
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Kehinde, in a statement titled: ‘Addendum on strike Day 16’, said his members will partially resume work in view of the state government’s tireless efforts to ensure that the demands of the ongoing nationwide strike are met.
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