Court Activities Set To Be Paralyzed, As Anambra Judicial Workers Embark On An Indefinite Strike

By Suleiman. Anyalewechi

For the  failure  of the Anambra State Government to  respect the terms of agreements separately entered into with the Judiciary workers in 2011 and 2015, all court premises in the state will be under lock and key effective, Monday July 15, 2024, according to the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria JUSUN.

The grain of the agreements is the complete  implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure CONJUS .

A circular on Saturday, July 13, 2024, signed by Nwaezi Ugochukwu, the  Anambra JUSUN Assistant Scribe said the industrial action will be indefinite.

“The strike action is indefinite, and all staff of the Anambra State Judiciary have been directed to withdraw their services until further directives from the union”, part of the circular reads.

The strike circular, which was copied to all Directors their Deputies, Chief Registrar, and staff of the state Judiciary, also, noted that the declaration of the industrial dispute was sequel to the expiry of an earlier 21 day notice.

The notice elapsed on Thursday July 11 2024, without any response from the state Government, according to the Union.

But the strike action can be averted if urgent steps  are taken by the authorities to address the Workers’ demands on, or before Monday, JUSON noted .

The strike action if eventually carried out is expected to paralyze all Court sittings and other related activities..

The Union has insisted that the strike action will only be called off if its demands are met .

” It means that from Monday ,all Courts in  Anambra will be shut down if the Government fails to address the issue immediately” JUSUN stated