Osun Judiciary Strike: Adeleke charges national body to intervene

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has charged the national leadership of the judicial union, led by its President, Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu, to intervene in the ongoing strike action by the Osun State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, expressing unhappiness about the holdup in the justice administration due to the industrial action.

The governor, who made the charge while hosting a delegation of the national leadership of the judicial union led by its president, stated that the subject matter of the industrial action has nothing to do with the executive arm of government.

He stressed that his intervention was to avoid further delay in the state’s justice administration system and appealed to the national body to interface with all the parties to find amicable resolutions.

“I thank you for visiting Osun State. We value your intervention. I have tried to address some of the issues, but most of them are not within my purview. Your presence in Osun will speed up the resolution efforts.”.

Adeleke maintained that the national body has his full support for the assignment, as he expressed unhappiness about the holdup in the justice administration due to the industrial action.

The governor, however, narrated his interventions to resolve the strike, including the payments of the withheld salaries of some judicial workers and negotiations with the union on their wardrobe allowances.

Responding, the JUSUN national president described the industrial action and the protracted paralysis of the Osun judiciary as ‘unfortunate’, citing his previous sickness as responsible for his late intervention.

“We are in Osun State to find a lasting solution. I will meet all stakeholders, and I assure Mr Governor that industrial peace will soon be restored to the state judiciary,” the National President, who was accompanied by his national officers, noted.