Imo judiciary shut down over non-payment of salaries as Imsu remained under lock and key

Judicial workers in Imo State have again shut down all courts in the
state indefinitely, following what they termed "non-payment of arrears
of salaries and allowances owed us by the state government".

Gov. Rochas Okorocha
The workers, who are acting under the umbrella body of Judiciary Staff
Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, distanced themselves from the 70:30 agreement
Labour recently entered into with the state government.

Similarly, Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, have remained under
lock and key in the past two months, for non-payment of their
emoluments by government.

While the judiciary workers are acting under the umbrella body of
Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, all the labour unions in
IMSU, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Senior
Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the
Non-Academic Staff Union of the institution, equally instructed their
members to remain at home until further notice.

Some of the aggrieved workers, who spoke yesterday on strict grounds
of anonymity, said they are strongly opposed to the 30 percent cut on
their January 2016 salary.

The premises of both IMSU and the courts have remained shut, while
lawyers and their clients were seen in groups, discussing the
development.

According to a statement pasted at the two entrances into the court
premises in Owerri and signed by Comrade Nlemadim Kelechi, the workers
held a meeting Wednesday, May 11, 2016, where the issue of non-payment
of their salaries was discussed and the decision to shut down courts
was taken.