Lagos—Except for the on-going “Settlement Week”, in the
Lagos Judiciary, which prevented High Court from
litigating on cases before it, all workers of the judiciary
were at work yesterday.
The settlement week enable litigants to sit around table
and mediate on their cases peacefully.
Observation by Vanguard at the Ikeja Division of the state
High Court revealed that the Magistrate courts were sitting
and attending to cases filed before them.
The probate, litigation and bailiff sessions of the court were
working optimally attending to all issues brought before
them.
A senior Registrar told Vanguard that it will be counter
productive for the workers in the judiciary to go on strike,
especially when the court was on strike for over a month
last year.
He said: “ We can’t join the strike called by the NLC. This is
because, it’s obvious that there is a subsisting court’s
ruling restricting the body from engaging on the work to
rule.
“Also, you are aware that we were on strike in most part of
last year when Judiciary Staff Association of Nigeria,
JUSAN asked judiciary workers across the country to stay
at home to press for their various demands including the
independence of the judiciary. So for us to join a strike
action distrupting smooth judicial process will be counter
productive,” he said.
Meanwhile, lawyers who were in court expressed divergent
views over the strike action called by the labour and the
division among thge workers.
Mr Olalekan Steven, said: ”I am afraid that now the labour
leaders cannot speak with one voice to address common
affecting Nigerians and especially workers in the country.
“For them not to agree on whether to embark on strike or
not is a minus on the labour struggle in the country. It will
definitely have a virile effect on labour issues in future.”
Steven however supported the NLC despite the fact that he
came to represent his client in court.
Another lawyer, Evelyn Adams questioned the integrity of
the NLC for them to call workers out for the industrial
action.
According to her, doing so now amount “to ordoinary face
saving” from the union leaders. She noted that something
positive suppose to have been done before now, not until
when the government announced new price regime and
“Nigerinas have adjusted to buying it at the rate.”
Lagos Judiciary, which prevented High Court from
litigating on cases before it, all workers of the judiciary
were at work yesterday.
The settlement week enable litigants to sit around table
and mediate on their cases peacefully.
Observation by Vanguard at the Ikeja Division of the state
High Court revealed that the Magistrate courts were sitting
and attending to cases filed before them.
The probate, litigation and bailiff sessions of the court were
working optimally attending to all issues brought before
them.
A senior Registrar told Vanguard that it will be counter
productive for the workers in the judiciary to go on strike,
especially when the court was on strike for over a month
last year.
He said: “ We can’t join the strike called by the NLC. This is
because, it’s obvious that there is a subsisting court’s
ruling restricting the body from engaging on the work to
rule.
“Also, you are aware that we were on strike in most part of
last year when Judiciary Staff Association of Nigeria,
JUSAN asked judiciary workers across the country to stay
at home to press for their various demands including the
independence of the judiciary. So for us to join a strike
action distrupting smooth judicial process will be counter
productive,” he said.
Meanwhile, lawyers who were in court expressed divergent
views over the strike action called by the labour and the
division among thge workers.
Mr Olalekan Steven, said: ”I am afraid that now the labour
leaders cannot speak with one voice to address common
affecting Nigerians and especially workers in the country.
“For them not to agree on whether to embark on strike or
not is a minus on the labour struggle in the country. It will
definitely have a virile effect on labour issues in future.”
Steven however supported the NLC despite the fact that he
came to represent his client in court.
Another lawyer, Evelyn Adams questioned the integrity of
the NLC for them to call workers out for the industrial
action.
According to her, doing so now amount “to ordoinary face
saving” from the union leaders. She noted that something
positive suppose to have been done before now, not until
when the government announced new price regime and
“Nigerinas have adjusted to buying it at the rate.”
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