Judiciary workers in Oyo State on Tuesday commenced the sit-at–home directive issued by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over delay in payment of July salary.
The Oyo State JUSUN Public Relations Officer, Mr Obafunso Okulaja,who said the decision to comply with the action was taken after the union’s congress on Friday.
The workers had not received July salary,he said, while other government agencies in the state were paid on July 25.
He added:“Our members do not have money to come to work so we directed them to sit-at-home.JUSUN is yet to receive July salary in the state and this delay in salary payment has been like this since December, 2021.We call on the state government to put us on the priority list as the third arm of the government.If the executive and legislative arms are given priority, the judiciary should also be given same. The sit-at-home will continue until we receive our July salary’’.
