The federal government has expressed optimism that the industrial action embarked upon by members of the judiciary staff union of Nigeria will end by next week.
Speaking in Abuja after meeting with the chief justice of Nigeria behind closed doors, the minister of labour and employment, senator Chris Ngige explains that the government will do all it can to ensure that the issue of financial autonomy for the judiciary is permanently resolved.
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In attendance at the meeting were the president of the court of appeal, president of the national industrial court, president of the customary court of appeal, chief judge of the federal high court,
The grand khadi and the executive secretary of the national judicial council.
The federal high court in Abuja had in January 2014, held that financial autonomy for the judiciary is a constitutional provision that must be complied with by the executive branch of government. This was also sealed by the executive order 10 signed into law by president Mohammad Buhary
(editor: nkoli omhoudu)
