Osun judiciary workers defy JUSUN chairman’s plea to resume work

Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Osun State chapter, have refused to resume work after State Chairman, Mr Dapo Oseni, called-off the five-month old strike on Monday.
Magistrate and customary courts in Ile-Ife remained closed on Tuesday.
Oseni had directed the workers to go back to work, as Governor Rauf Aregbesola has pledged to pay JUSUN and other workers their salaries.
But the workers insisted that they would not resume duty until their salaries were paid.
Mrs Yemi Owolabi, a senior staff, confirmed that they could not resume work while being owed seven months salary arrears.
“The ongoing strike by the members would not be called off until the last penny of our salaries is paid.
“We are tired of suffering and smiling, we cannot afford transport fares to our offices, if we resume without pay, how are we going to cope?
“Majority of our children seeking admission got admission this year, unfortunately for them it was forfeited because we cannot afford the school fees,” she said.
JUSUN began their strike on January 5 to compel the government to obey a court order that affirmed financial autonomy of states’ judiciary.