The Judiciary Staff Union ofNigeria (NJC) has suspended its nationwide strike which lasted over two months.
Members of the union had
embarked on the strike on April 6 to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the
judiciary.
The decision to suspend the strike was reached at a
meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja on Wednesday.
It cited the intervention of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and other stakeholders in reaching the decision to suspend the strike. NEC-in-session discussed.
A statement jointly issued by the by the union’s Deputy President, Emmanuel Abioye and General Secretary, Isaiah Adetola, says JUSUN convened the NEC meeting with the NJC at the instance of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammed, who appealed to the union to end the nationwide strike.
“NEC-in-session discussed extensively and after putting so many issues into consideration i.e. the intervention of the NJC and other stakeholders, the NEC has resolved that the strike is hereby suspended” the statement added.
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