At last, the judiciary in Rivers state, which had been shut since eight months ago, will reopen on Monday as workers in the state judiciary have suspended their strike.
The state judiciary was shut down July last year following the crisis that rocked the state judiciary over the appointment of a chief judge for the state and alleged attacks on members of the judiciary.
Reprieve came the way of stakeholders of the state judiciary on Saturday as the National Publicity Secretary of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Kayode Igbarago, in Port Harcourt directed judicial workers in the state to resume work on Monday, February 2.
Igbarago, however, warned that the judiciary workers in the state should not be victimised for embarking on the industrial action. He stated that the decision to call off the strike, which had been under the supervision and control of the National Secretariat since July 9, 2014, was the outcome of national executive council (NEC) meeting held on Monday, January 26 at the Supreme Court, Abuja.
Igbarago said, “The National Body has after careful investigation been convinced that the State Branch has not compromised the struggle in any form. Furthermore, after careful and exhaustive deliberation, NEC considered the assurances and commitments made by various security agencies in the provision of adequate security in and around the court premises in Rivers State, which was at a point in time a target of violent act. These attacks had sent unimaginable fear and tension to the minds of the court workers and other court users.
Source: Thisday
