By Donald Arji
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN)south-west zone has frowned  against alleged act of victimization and intimidation against some of its union officers for performing the duties of the union through unilateral posting in the zone.

In a communiqué made at the end of their meeting in Lagos observed with dismay the alleged erroneous way the Ekiti state government handled the remuneration of their members as compared to their counterparts in the civil service which was against their request.The union also complained about litigation allowance approved for their members in the Lagos state judiciary by the state government but was  stopped.

To avoid industrial disharmony, JUSUN  called for the restoration of the suspended payment of the allowance to avoid a breakdown of industrial peace in the state judiciary.It equally expressed  grievances on the salary disparity which was recently discovered  in comparison with what obtained in other ministries and government agencies in some of the States.

It argued that they were being short paid since January, 2011 but they have complained to relevant authorities, but no response has been given to them. The communiqué stated, “The meeting also reiterated the issue of litigation allowance that was approved for our members in the Lagos state judiciary by the state government which was erroneously stopped and want it restored to avoid a breakdown of industrial peace in the Lagos state judiciary.”