IMO STATE JUDICIARY SHUT DOWN OVER UNPAID SALARY

OWERRI—Judicial workers in Imo State have again shut
down all courts in the state indefinitely, following what
they termed “non-payment of arrears of salaries and
allowances owed us by the state government”.
The workers, who
are acting under
the umbrella body
of Judiciary Staff
Union of Nigeria,
JUSUN, distanced
themselves from
the 70:30
agreement Labour
recently entered
into with the state
government.
Similarly, Imo
State University,
IMSU, Owerri, have
remained under
lock and key in the
past two months,
for non-payment
of their
emoluments by
government.
While the judiciary workers are acting under the umbrella
body of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, all the
labour unions in IMSU, including the Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of
the institution, equally instructed their members to remain
at home until further notice.
Some of the aggrieved workers, who spoke to Vanguard
yesterday on strict grounds of anonymity, said they are
strongly opposed to the 30 percent cut on their January
2016 salary.
The premises of both IMSU and the courts have remained
shut, while lawyers and their clients were seen in groups,
discussing the development.
According to a statement pasted at the two entrances into
the court premises in Owerri and signed by Comrade
Nlemadim Kelechi, the workers held a meeting Wednesday,
May 11, 2016, where the issue of non-payment of their
salaries was discussed and the decision to shut down
courts was taken.
A litigant, who simply identified himself as Chinedu
described the scenario as “most disappointing and
unfortunate”, even as he urged government to dialogue
with the workers with a view to resolving the problem
amicably”.
Source: vanguard