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Lagos judicial workers seek Ambode’s intervention in casualisation

By Bertram Nwannekanma
28 July 2016   |   4:07 am
About 59 judicial workers of the Lagos State Judiciary on Tuesday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to intervene in the refusal by the Lagos judiciary authorities to regularize their employments.

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About 59 judicial workers of the Lagos State Judiciary on Tuesday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to intervene in the refusal by the Lagos judiciary authorities to regularize their employments.

The workers, which include, 28 Court Recorders and 31 Judicial Assistants in a letter to the governor claimed that they were employed between 2005 and 2009 but the court had not regularise their employment.

In the letter, the workers appealed to the governor to come to their aids, claiming that their lives have become unbearable for being paid peanuts for their jobs.
Part of the letter reads “ Your excellency, the above category of workers wish to intimate you of their condition of service under the High Court of Lagos State and equally solicit your assistance in improving same.

“ The first set of these categories of workers were employed in 2005 with a letter of Contract Employment issued by the Lagos State Judiciary Service Commission dated 6 October, 2005. The contract was modified to a two -year renewable contract on April 21, 2006. Other sets of these workers were subsequently employed between 2006 and 2009.

“We came into this establishment as young men and women armed with various qualifications and professional experiences with the sole aim of rendering our services diligently to the success of this great state. It is however with heavy heart that we beseech you to come to our aid. We plead with your excellency to help restructure our present status.”The workers said that they are paid between N30,000 and N40,000 monthly while their colleagues on non-contract status are paid three time that amount.

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