The secretary of the union in the state said the judiciary workers have issued a statement to its members to proceed on an indefinite strike starting from Monday 25th August 2014.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in Ondo State have threatened to paralyze judiciary activities and embark on strike by next week Monday.
Mr. Femi Ogunode, State Chairman of the Union, disclosed this to SaharaReporters on Thursday, shortly before a peaceful protest held at the premises of the State High Court of Justice, in Akure.
Ogunode said the action became necessary following a failed negotiation between the Executive members of the union and the Judiciary Service Commission, JSC, including top management of the Ondo State Judiciary system.
He said part of their agitation is to stop members of the Judiciary Service Commission, JSC, and the Management of the Ondo State Judiciary from holding any administrative positions in the state.
Ogunode revealed that the positions are not to be preserved for the JSC, which he added is a mere government mouthpiece.
According to him, the continuous holding of administrative positions by the JSC and management of the Judiciary would fall short of proper justice in the state.
He added that many of the judiciary staff were denied promotions, while some who had applied for conversion of service were refused to be granted consideration.
He said the Judiciary Service Commission has refused to fashion out new scheme of service for registrar cadre stressing that the union want the cadre changed from registry assistant to a substantive registrar just like its been done in other states.
"It is unfortunate that some of our members that have reached the stage of higher qualification and applied for conversion are denied of such right.
"Till this moment, our members are been cheated of their right and the Judiciary Service could not comply with their conversion," he said.
He lamented over the 'high handedness' and 'imposition' synonymous with the management of the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) as well decried the situation which has caused much delay to their demands.
Taye Ilesanmi, the secretary of the union in the state, said the judiciary workers have issued a statement to its members to proceed on an indefinite strike starting from Monday 25th August 2014.
Ilesanmi added that since the Management of the Judiciary service of the state failed to accede to its demand, the union is left with no choice than to embark on a strike.
"Since they have refused to answer us, then we think the only language they would understand is a strike, with administrative activities paralyzed across all courts of the state", he said.
A SaharaReporters correspodent reports that, if the union embarks on the strike, it would not only delay justice for awaiting accused persons in police custody but also contribute to the congestion of prisons in the state.
Some of the protesting workers, who lend their voices to the proposed strike said it's the last option for them to agitate for their impending rights.
It would be recalled that lawyers in the state had earlier embarked on a two months old strike and called it off, over issue of a circular from the office of the State Chief Judge demanding a tax fee before the accused person could be granted bail.