BENIN CITY - Judicial activities resumed yesterday in Edo State following the suspension of strike action embarked upon by members of Judiciary Staff union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in the state.
The three-weeks industrial action paralysed judicial activities in the state as the court halls were locked up by the workers to protest the non-payment of minimum wage increment to their salary by the state government.
The strike was however then called off on Friday by the leaders of the Union led by Comrade Kayode Igbarago other reaching a concrete agreement with government.
Meanwhile, courts in the state were opened yesterday as judicial workers were seen in their various duty posts in compliance with the directives by their leaders to call-off the three-week protracted strike.
At the High Court premises, legal practitioners were seen entering various courts to take dates for the adjournment of their cases from court registrars.
The case was also the same at Magistrate, Area, District Courts, as well as Customary Courts of Appeal, where litigants whose cases had been fixed for today were present at the court to also take the adjournment dates for their cases.
A worker at the Magistrates’ court who refused his name on print, told The NIGERIAN OBSERVER that though their demand had not been met they had to resume for the sake of justice delivery and the government who had been developing the judicial sector in the state.
The leader of the Union, Comrade Igbarago could not be reached for comments but sources close to his office said the union might be forced to embark on strike if the state government refuses to implement their agreement.
Speaking with a Notary Public, Mr. Olayiwola Afolabi yesterday, he describe the development as humane and a good step towards justice for litigants, whose plight had stayed for a long time in the court.
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