Strike: Judiciary workers accuse Abia govt of undermining judicial autonomy

The members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Abia State chapter, person alleged that the authorities authorities is readying to compress the judiciary nether the enforcement arm, insisting that their ongoing onslaught is to support judicial autonomy.

The judiciary workers besides accused the Accountant General of Abia State, Njum Onyemenam, of allegedly withholding funds approved by Governor Alex Otti for the tribunal league of erstwhile Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kalu Amah.

Abia State Chairman of JUSUN, Chinedu Ezeh, stated this connected Monday astatine the Umuahia High Court analyzable portion responding to the Abia State Government’s earlier situation to his national to supply details of their consolidated wage outgo table.

Ezeh, who said the Abia State Government failed to instrumentality the contents of the June 14, 2023 statement it entered into with JUSUN, advised the enforcement limb of the authorities authorities to let the judiciary to bask autonomy arsenic backed by the Nigerian Constitution.

He said the ongoing onslaught by his members was approved by the nationalist office of JUSUN and was communicated to the Abia State Government earlier the concern enactment began.

Ezeh, who dismissed claims that his members are receiving permission allowance wrong their consolidated wage scheme, said that Level 5 Step 1 workers successful the ...