Strike- Judiciary shut down courts across Nigeria

          

Members of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN yesterday embark on nationwide industrial action by shuting down all courts across the nation Yesterday January 5th.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria and other Supreme Court Justice were locked out of there office by judicial workers protesting in Abuja,.door and gates were lock and barricaded with chains.
In similar situation in Lagos the Federal High Court ,The State High Court, The National  Industrial Court and Magistrate Courts were all Shut down


The Industrial action was due to the failure of the States Government to implement the decision of the Federal High court, Decision granting financial autonomy to the States.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola had on January 14, 2014, following a suit by JUSUN, restrained the Federal Government and the 36 state governors from holding on to funds meant for the judiciary. 

Justice Ademola held that funds meant for the judiciary should instead be disbursed directly to the heads of court and not to the executive arm of government.

Court across the country were supposed to resume yesterday January 5th.