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KOGI: NJC delegation directs judiciary workers to accept table payment, biometric exercise

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The end maybe in sight in the face-off between the Kogi State government and judiciary staff in the state, as a delegation from the National Judicial Council, NJC, has directed workers in the state judiciary to accept table payment of their salaries and also participate in the state’s biometric exercise.

The delegation made the recommendation at a meeting between it, the state government led by the governor, Yahaya Bello and the state judiciary, led by the embattled Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Abana in Lokoja on Wednesday.

The NJC delegation was led by the retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdulahi.

The Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, who briefed the media after the meeting, said the parties made progress towards a speedy resolution.

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According to him, the meeting recommended that the judiciary workers should participate in the biometric exercise and receive their paychecks.

“The meeting was a very fruitful one. The State governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello was in the meeting. The state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajana was in attendance and the delegation of the NJC headed by the former President of the Court of Appeal, Honourable Justice Umaru Abdullahi.

“Parties made their separate cases after which the NJC delegation recommended that everyone should sheathe their swords and jointly conduct the Table Payment and biometric capture to allow the Judiciary staff access their salaries which has been hanging since the face-off began.

“The lawlords noted that the exercise does not interfere with the autonomy of the judiciary”, he said.

Fanwo also stressed that the Exercise was harmless and only to be feared by those who have anything to hide, assuring that genuine workers of the Judiciary who were suffering unnecessarily will jump at the opportunity.

According to him, some members of the NJC delegation confirmed at the meeting that even as judges they have participated in similar exercises in their states, adding that Governor Yahaya Bello was pleased with the outcome of the meeting as it would enable his administration pay available salaries to his workers in the Judiciary.

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, had embarked on an indefinite strike in the state over the matter leaving their members unpaid for some months.

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