Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Suspends Planned Strike as Government meets Financial autonomy demands

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its planned strike scheduled to commence December 1, 2014. The Union had earlier given a seven days ultimatum to the Federal Government to fully implement a Federal high court Judgement Ordering that the Judiciary should be given Financial autonomy (Financial independence) or Judiciary workers will commence an indefinite strike action at the expiration of the Ultimatum on the Ist Day of December.
     JUSUN decided to suspend its planned strike due to the intervention of the Supervising Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr. Kabiru Saminu Turaki, at a meeting with the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, representatives of the National Judicial Council, Federal Judicial Service Commission and the Federal Ministry of Finance
In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  signed at the end of the meeting in Abuja, it was noted that the figures submitted by the union, which were in contention, had been reconciled with the budgeted estimates by the States’ Accountants General.

"Based on the above, it was concluded that the Accountant General of the Federation will make deductions during the next FAAC meeting to the NJC in line with the Court Judgement based on the actual funds released that can be defended by the respective states and duly concurred by JUSUN,"  (according to the MOU).
    The implication of the above is that the Judicial arm of the government will henceforth be financially independent of the executive arm.