Workers of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have pulled out of the planned June 2, 2025 industrial strike called by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria following the intervention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
The workers of the apex court said they opted to decline participation in the strike as a result of the cogent and verifiable assurances extracted from the CJN after a closed-door meeting.
This is as workers of the National Judicial Council and those at the Federal High Court of Nigeria have also resolved not to go ahead with the strike.
NJC had, in a statement by Joel Ebiloma, the Public Relations Officer, JUSUN NJC Chapter, hinted that a two-week grace was granted to the authorities concerned to enable them to put their house to meet their demands.
The statement further said the strike was put on hold to allow relevant stakeholders to engage necessary authorities to ensure that the Accountant General of the Federation released the statutory allocations to the Judiciary based on the 2025 Appropriation in which the arrears of the wage award, minimum wage, and the 25%/35% salary increase have been captured.
However, the Supreme Court In a communique issued at the end of its meeting said the workers concluded not joining the industrial action after assessment of issues and struggle of the CJN to get their demands met.
The communique confirmed that the CJN had already visited the Presidency and tabled their demands to get them resolved fully.
The communique signed by 12 principal officers of the Supreme Court Chapter of JUSUN led by the Chairman, Comrade Danladi Nda said that joining the June 2 strike will amount to misplacement of priority and neglect and will result in exercise in futility,
“With CJN’s commendable efforts, we owe her our unwavering support to get the expected allowances and others paid.
“Lower sister courts’ position on the planned nationwide strike cannot be managed by us in the Supreme Court as it will put the CJN efforts in vain, jeopardy and swept under the carpet.
“We pray that our colleagues be calm and allow the efforts of the CJN to achieve meaningful results”, the communique stated and hinted that the Supreme Court chapter of JUSUN has commenced discussing with all the federal chapters to see reason and drop the planned nationwide industrial action for now.
“We urge those insisting on participating in the strike action to be patient and calm and go along with the CJN to achieve a deserved result,” the communique said.