Abia State Government has reaffirmed it’s resolve to honoring all terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last Thursday with the State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu gave the assurance while briefing Journalists on the outcome of this week’s Exco meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti.
Prince Kanu who recalled that the MOU followed an agreement reached between the State Government and JUSUN to suspend their industrial action empathized that the Otti administration is “irrevocably committed to honouring all the terms of the MOU”.
The Commissioner disclosed that all necessary paperwork for the payments of arrears for Judicial workers is being finalized, expressed optimism that members of JUSUN would receive alerts in their accounts soon.
He attributed the delay in payment to the paperwork involved in processing
the large sums involved she reassured that the payments would be made before the close of work today.
“You are all aware that just last Thursday, the State Government reached an agreement with JUSUN during which both parties signed an MOU.
“The State Government I must inform you is irrevocably committed to honouring all the terms of the MOU.
“Those whose mandate it is to effect all the payments agreed upon are working round the clock to do so. I want to reassure JUSUN and members of the public that his Excellency Dr Alex Otti is a man of his words and the same goes for his appointees.
“Of course, we’ve been able to establish the fact that we mean whatever we say, so since these two groups are together, negotiated and came to terms which culminated in the terms and signing of that MOU, I can assure you that maybe later today, when they check their accounts, they will see their alerts”, Prince Kanu assured.
The Commissioner noted that the ongoing judicial reforms, which include construction of court buildings across the 17 Local Government Areas, regular payment of salaries and digitizing the Judicial system to enhance justice delivery are all geared towards making the Abia Judiciary system 21st-century compliant.
Contributing, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna, stated that all concerns raised by the Union regarding the New Minimum Wage have been addressed.
