The Osun State chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has said the attitude of the state Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, to its ongoing strike is not encouraging.
Consequently, the union has urged Ojo to find a lasting solution to the issues surrounding the industrial action which has entered its third week.
The JUSUN had, on Sept. 19, embarked on a strike to compel the Judicial Service Commission to promote its members for 2024 and 2025, organise training for judiciary staff members at the National Judicial Institute’s capacity-building programmes, among others.
Chairman of JUSUN in the state, Idris Adeniyan, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the chief judge had refused to engage the union leadership on the strike, adding that this was not in the interest of the union members’ welfare and that of the general public.
According to him, the union is dissatisfied with the ongoing strike, without any resolution in sight by the chief judge.
“Her lordship’s abrupt departure from the state on the day the strike commenced without any step to resolve the issue is not encouraging,” he said.
Adeniyan, however, said the union had scheduled a meeting for Friday with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in the state to resolve the issue.
He commended members of the union for their total compliance with the strike.
