Non Payment Of Salaries,IMO Judiciary Shut-Down

          Judicial workers in Imo State have
again shut down all courts in the state
indefinitely, following what they termed “non-
payment of arrears of salaries and allowances
owed us by the state government”.
The workers, who are acting under the umbrella
body of Judiciary
Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN,
distanced themselves from the 70:30 agreement
Labour recently entered into with the state
government.
Similarly, Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri,
have remained under lock and key in the past
two months, for non-payment of their
emoluments by government.
While the judiciary workers are acting under the
umbrella body of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria,
JUSUN, all the labour unions in IMSU, including
the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,
SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of
the institution, equally instructed their members
to remain at home until further notice.
Some of the aggrieved workers, who spoke to
Vanguard yesterday on strict grounds of
anonymity, said they are strongly opposed to the
30 percent cut on their January 2016 salary.
The premises of both IMSU and the courts have
remained shut, while lawyers and their clients
were seen in groups, discussing the
development.
According to a statement pasted at the two
entrances into the court premises in Owerri and
signed by Comrade Nlemadim Kelechi, the
workers held a meeting Wednesday, May 11,
2016, where the issue of non-payment of their
salaries was discussed and the decision to shut
down courts was taken.
A litigant, who simply identified himself as
Chinedu described the scenario as “most
disappointing and unfortunate”, even as he urged
government to dialogue with the workers with a
view to resolving the problem amicably”.