Breaking: NBA Threatens to Join Judiciary Workers Nationwide Strike

- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has thrown its weight behind the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) industrial action

- The association on Tuesday, April 13, threatened to stage a protest to drive home the point of the judiciary workers

- Members of JUSUN had shut down the Federal High Court in Lagos and the Supreme Court in a bid to ensure the strike is 100% effective

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The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria's (JUSUN) ongoing nationwide strike took another dimension on Tuesday, April 13, as the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch threatened to stage a protest in its support.

The Nation reports that Bartholomew Aguegbodo, the chairman of NBA Ikeja made the announcement after a meeting of the branch executive.

According to Aguegbodo, if the meeting between JUSUN and the governors forum fails to agree on the implementation of financial autonomy they would have no other option than to take further steps to make them comply.

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When asked what the further steps the association will be taking, he explained that this is willful disobedience to provisions of the constitution, TVC News reports.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that members of JUSUN shut down the Supreme Court in Abuja, in line with their threat to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike to press for financial autonomy for the judicial arm of government.

The development came as a defiance to the last-minute appeal by the NBA to the workers to shelve the industrial action, which it said was ill-timed considering the COVID-19 constraints the Nigerian courts had been battling with since last year.

The entrance of the apex court was shut as at 7.10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 6, leaving workers who intended to resume duties after the Easter holiday stranded.

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In a related development, JUSUN on Tuesday, April 6, shut down the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos state.

They also sent out staff from offices, courtrooms and premises of the court. Members of the association in Lagos state were enforcing their indefinite nationwide strike.

Some of the offices were sealed off while members put up strike notices at the entrances.

Source: Legit.ng