Call off strike, present yourselves for verification – Abia Govt appeals to judiciary staff

Abia State authorities has urged the members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to telephone disconnected their ongoing onslaught and instrumentality for a unit verification exercise.

The authorities besides said that salaries of the workers would beryllium paid wrong 48 hours if the union’s leaders beryllium that Leave Allowance is not contained successful the consolidated salaries they earned successful the past.

Abia State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna stated this astatine Government House Umuahia connected Thursday portion speaking to journalists astir the State government’s efforts to resoluteness the ongoing JUSUN strike.

He regretted that the strike, which commenced connected March 15, 2026 and the refusal of JUSUN executives to let their members to beryllium verified, were grossly delaying retired judiciary unit from receiving their pensions.

“And 1 wonders, is this a coincidence, oregon was it a well-orchestrated strategy to proceed to gain salaries by shade workers and persons who person questionable credentials?

“JUSUN should let the judiciary to verify its unit truthful that those pensioners tin beryllium paid.

“So fto them telephone disconnected the strike, truthful that this verification workout tin beryllium done, and these pensioners tin commencement earning what is owed them”, Uwanna said.

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