The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended two-month strike, effective from Monday.
The union took the decision on Wednesday at its just concluded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja.
According to reports, the National Judicial Council (NJC) had, at a meeting with JUSUN leaders on Tuesday, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, in attendance, urged the striking court workers to put an end to the industrial action in the interest of the country and the suffering court users.
JUSUN had in April embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike in protest against the denial of the judiciary its constitutionally guaranteed financial autonomy which was also affirmed by a Federal High Court judgement in January 2014.
Part of the effects of the strike is that suspects who ordinarily should not spend more than 48 hours in custody are being detained indefinitely.
Details shortly…
