The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria has blamed State Chief Judges who collect luxury gifts from state governors for the delay in the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. JUSUN Treasurer, Jimoh Alonge, made the allegation in an interview with newsmen, as the strike embarked upon by judicial workers entered its third week. Alonge maintained that…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, says the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is for a good reason. Justice Muhammad said he cannot fault the idea of the JUSUN strike since the rights of the union and its members were being denied, especially at state levels. Speaking during a meeting at…
Students of government-owned universities in Nigeria may have to stay at home much longer even if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, decides to call off its strike. This is because the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has given the Federal Government fourteen days to meet their demands or its members would go…
The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have briefed their members about the impending industrial actions. The State Chairman of NLC, AGNESS FUNMI SESSI, said the emergency congress and mobilization meeting ON Thursday, September 24, 2020, was also attended by representatives of civil society organisations. SESSI said the total strike…
The Federal Government has again failed to convince the organized labour to call off their planned protests and strike over the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity. Government officials led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI, entered into second round of meeting yesterday with labour leaders but failed to reach any…
• NPM threatens NLC, TUC over planned strike Nigerians may be in for a week of fuel scarcity, following a ban on petrol tankers above forty-five thousand litres from plying the roads. The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, has responded to the ban by asking its members to suspend the lifting of petroleum products from…