After two month of persistent protest to demand for financial autonomy, the
Judicial and legislative workers are set to shield their sword.
This was revealed after a stakeholders meeting held in Abuja.
The two-month-old industrial action led to the shutting down of courts and state legislative houses nationwide.
The leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, made the announcement after the meeting with FG and Governor’s Forum to meet with their organs with a view to formally calling off the strike.
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The union’s decision came just as the federal government said that the state governors have finally signed the agreement reached with the workers that would enable the implementation of full financial autonomy to take off.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said that all outstanding issues have now been sorted out and that the doors of the courts and state legislatures would be opened as from next week.
According to Sen. Ngige, the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and his deputy, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has signed a MOU on behalf of the 36 state governors on the agreement which was reached on May 20.
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“So today, we are meeting with the unions in a small dialogue to dot the i’s and cross the t’s in the agreement.
“Right now, we expect the unions to go back to their members on a final briefing on what we have achieved today. From this achievement of today, we hope that next week, the chambers of our state Assemblies and doors of our courts will be open,” he said.
