The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has handed down a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Government to implement the new national minimum wage and other benefits or face an indefinite strike.
The workers issued the ultimatum at the end of an emergency meeting held at the JUSUN national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the seven-day ultimatum takes effect from Thursday, February 13, 2025, and will expire on February 19, 2025.
The communiqué stated that failure to implement their demands within the stipulated time frame will lead to an indefinite strike, starting from February 20, 2025.
JUSUN is demanding the full implementation of the new national minimum wage, N77,000 and other benefits for judicial workers.
The union has been in conflict with the Nigerian Government over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage for judicial workers, even though other public sector workers have already started receiving the new wage.
The workers had previously given the government a 21-day ultimatum to meet their demands, but no action was taken within that timeframe.
The group’s statement reads: “The meeting principally centered on the expiration of the twenty-one (21) day ultimatum issued to all Heads of Federal Courts, FCT Courts and Judicial Bodies
“AFTER exhaustive deliberations, the following resolution was reached. That additional seven (7) days’ notice is hereby given for the full implementation of the subject matter in line with relevant guidelines covering industrial dispute and the urgent intervention of the Hon, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon, Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun (GCON).
“That the seven (7) days commences from Thursday the 13th of February, 2025 and shall ends on the 19th of February, 2025.
“That failure to implement our demands within this stipulated time frame, the union will not guarantee industrial harmony, hence the strike will commence from the 20th of February, 2025 indefinitely.”
