Anambra judiciary workers embark on strike

ONITSHA—Judiciary workers in Anambra state
yesterday began an indefinite strike over non
payment of consolidated judiciary salary structure by
the state government.

Speaking with Vanguard, the chairman of the
workers union, JUSUN, Mr Mark Ifezue said the strike
was a directive from the national secretariat of their
union.

" The reason for the strike is the refusal of the state
government to review an agreement it entered with
the judiciary service in Anambra state in 2011 over
the Consolidated Judiciary Salary
Structure,CONJUS.We negotiated with government
but the attitude of the state's Head of Service did not
allow anything meaningful to come out of the
negotiation."

Ifezue said the development led to the collapse of the
negotiation and the union had no option than to
resume the strike.

He further said the union had written a letter to the
state government through the head of service in 2014
requesting for a meeting where the agreement would
be reviewed but all to no avail, adding that sometime
in June this year, another letter was written to
government through the same head of service and
yet another one through the state Attorney General.

According to him, it was the last letter through the
Attorney General that propelled government to open
up the failed negotiation. He said that when the
negotiation collapsed, the union told the HoS that the
government position was not acceptable to the
workers.

He said the worrisome aspect of the matter was that
some states in the south east like Abia, Imo and
Ebonyi had started paying the CONJUS to their
judiciary workers.

" We have embarked on an indefinite strike and we
will continue to stay at home until the state
government addresses the issue positively."


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