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Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment
The Federal Government says it has drawn up a Memorandum of Understanding with significant inputs, from all stakeholders to end the debilitating strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria(PSAN) when conciliation resumes tomorrow, Thursday.
Providing insight into the conciliation effort of his joint committee on the dispute, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige described the MOU as a product of week-long consultations with all the critical stakeholders.
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The security situation in the country took a toll on the judiciary on Tuesday afternoon, 8 May, when gunmen invaded a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila.
Report of the judge’s kidnap was confirmed by the Katsina sate police public relations officer, SP Gambo Isah.
Isah expressed surprise the judge could be in court amidst the industrial action by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
JUSUN members on Tuesday, April 6 embarked on an indefinite strike demanding the financial autonomy of the judiciary.
FG wades into NLC, Kaduna govt face-off We are not unaware of what is going on in Kaduna State. It is a labour issue which has snowballed into a national strike and picketing by the two labour centres and affiliate unions. 3 min read
The federal government says it is concerned with the crisis in Kaduna State between workers and the state government.
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labour minister, Chris Ngige, in a statement Tuesday called on both parties to observe a ‘ceasefire.’
PREMIUM TIMES reported how the two major labour coalitions, NLC and TUC, commenced a one-week total strike in Kaduna on Monday leading to the shutdown of electricity, airports, schools and so on in the state. The workers are opposed to the plan of the state government to sack thousands of workers.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige The Federal Government says it is hopeful the week-long consultations with stakeholders will end the strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) when conciliation resumes on Thursday. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige said this in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry in Abuja. ”The Federal Government is hopeful that the unions would call off their strike for peace to industrial reign in the states. ”We are confident that a week-long fruitful consultation with all the critical stakeholders would end the ongoing strike.
EXCLUSIVE: Strike: Why full virtual hearing is difficult for Federal High Court – Official
The court, through its official, says it can only afford to install facilities for virtual hearing in four out of its 36 divisions based on available funds. 3 min read
The Federal High Court has said its scramble to catch up with the trend of adoption of virtual hearing amid the closure of physical courts during the ongoing judiciary workers’ nationwide strike, is being hampered by lack of fund.
PREMIUM TIMES understands that the Federal High Court is among many Nigerian courts that still sparingly embrace virtual hearing despite putting in place the COVID-19-motivated practice directions recognising remote proceedings since last year.