By Kelechi David
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, says the decision of the Governors’ Forum to suspend discussion and engagement of JUSUN is uncharitable, unpatriotic and totally unacceptable.
The Chairman of the Committee of Chairmen of the eight branches of NBA in Anambra State, Mr Kingsley Awuka made the assertion in a statement in Awka.
Mr Awuka said that the prolonged nationwide strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) is affecting the justice system.
He said that the justice sector of the country was progressively sliding into the destructive dungeon with no hope in sight of its recovery, emphasizing that all the courts have been under lock key with many pending cases.
The committee urged the 36 states’ governors to commence the implementation of judicial financial autonomy in the country.
The statement said that the committee fully lends its support to the demands of JUSUN and shall sustain the support until the demands were met.
JUSUN began a nationwide indefinite strike on Monday, April 6, 2021, over the non-implementation of judicial financial autonomy as enshrined in the Constitution.
President Muhammadu Buhari had signed an Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the judiciary and State House of Assembly in May 2020, after several agitations.
However, the gazetting of the order was suspended after Buhari met with governors, who later expressed concern over its constitutionality.
