Judiciary Workers in Ogun State Under the umbrella of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Ogun State branch are to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, 8th April ,2024, following the non payment of the 40 percent peculiar allowance to members of the union by the Ogun state government.
The Chairman of the Union, Comrade Lion Ajiboye Tunji Olanrewaju and the Publicity Secretary, Comrade Adewale Adenekan said in a statement that the leadership of the union decided to embark on an indefinite strike after the expiration of the 14 days additional ultimatum given to the state government to meet their demands.
The union had embarked on a 5 day warning strike to protest the non-payment of the Peculiar Allowance to the State Judiciary workers.
He explained that the leadership of the union had forwarded necessary documents requested by the representative of the Government since Friday 8th March 2024 to the governor , Prince Dapo Abiodun, copied SSG, HOS, and Attorney General of the State including the approval issued by the National Salaries and Wages Commission to the NJC for the payment of the Peculiar Allowance to the Federal Judiciary Workers to support their claim and that Judiciary as an independent body entitled to the allowance.
According to the JUSUN’s Publicity Secretary, after due consultation with the relevant stakeholders including the National Headquarter of our great Union, JUSUN, we decided to give additional 14 days to State Government starting from 18th March to 1st April, 2024 to allow the Government enough time to do the needful.
“every member of Ogun State JUSUN were directed through this medium to stay at their various homes beginning from Monday. Please, don’t bother to come to the office until further notice from the leadership of the Union.”