The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria(JUSUN), Ogun branch, began a five-day warning strike on Monday, over nonpayment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance by the state government.
Reporters noted that the courts were under lock and key, as nobody was allowed to gain entrance into the court premises.
The Jusun chairman, however appealed to the state government to look into the requests of the workers and do the needful.
Briefing reporters in Abeokuta, the state JUSUN Chairman, Mr Olanrewaju Ajiboye, who spoke to newsmen said that it embarked on the warning strike after several meetings with the government ended in a deadlock.
“What is happening here today is that we the judiciary Staff Union are starting a five-day warning strike to protest for the non-payment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance to judiciary workers by the state government .
“After the warning strike, if the state government fails to do the needful, the union will proceed on indefinite strike by March 18.
“In August 2023, the Ogun state government commenced the payment of a peculiar allowance to core civil servants in Oke-Mosan, immediately we heard of it, we informed our national body.
The union wrote three letters; one to the head of service, and two to the governor directly.
“The head of the service has met with the union and stakeholders on the way forward, but the reason given for the non-payment was not tenable and not acceptable to the union. That is why we are proceeding on a five-day warning strike,” he said.
