Workers of Anambra State Customary Court of Appeal and
those of customary courts yesterday began an indefinite strike over
non-refund of their housing and Pencom fund
deductions.
The state chairman of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN), Mark Ifezue, addressed reporters yesterday in Awka, the
state capital, on the action.
The labour leader said the union disagreed with the Customary
Court of Appeal over the deductions, which he said lingered for
about two years.
He said the deductions from the workers’ salaries were not
remitted.
Ifezue said the remittances were either to the Federal Mortgage
Bank, Trust Fund Pencom or into the account of the State Customary
Court of Appeal.
According to him, when the workers found out that the funds were
not remitted into any of the relevant accounts, they demanded
immediate refund of their money.
The decision to begin strike, the labour leader said, was taken
on May 5, after JUSUN’s congress, following what he called series
of demands on the refunds without results.
Ifezue said: “The congress, therefore, resolved that the workers
of the Customary Court of Appeal and the State Customary Courts
should stay at home, pending when the money is refunded.”
Workers of Anambra State Customary Court of Appeal and
those of customary courts yesterday began an indefinite strike over
non-refund of their housing and Pencom fund
deductions.
The state chairman of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria
(JUSUN), Mark Ifezue, addressed reporters yesterday in Awka, the
state capital, on the action.
The labour leader said the union disagreed with the Customary
Court of Appeal over the deductions, which he said lingered for
about two years.
He said the deductions from the workers’ salaries were not
remitted.
Ifezue said the remittances were either to the Federal Mortgage
Bank, Trust Fund Pencom or into the account of the State Customary
Court of Appeal.
According to him, when the workers found out that the funds were
not remitted into any of the relevant accounts, they demanded
immediate refund of their money.
The decision to begin strike, the labour leader said, was taken
on May 5, after JUSUN’s congress, following what he called series
of demands on the refunds without results.
Ifezue said: “The congress, therefore, resolved that the workers
of the Customary Court of Appeal and the State Customary Courts
should stay at home, pending when the money is refunded.”
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