The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, said the state governors and other stakeholders had reached an agreement on the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary.
Although he did not disclose the details of the agreement reached, he assured the nation that the implementation would start in May.
Fayemi disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting of the technical committee on the matter chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The governor then appealed to the striking judiciary workers to return to work in the interest of the nation.
However, the National Treasurer of JUSUN, Jimoh Musa said the union had not met with the governors.
He said, “I know they invited some Chief Judges and met with them, but they have not come to the table to discuss with us. We have never met with them, we don’t know their faces. So are mischievous and I am surprised that leaders that we are supposed to emulate will come, saying things that are not right. We are meeting again tomorrow (Tuesday) with the Minister of Labour and I have been told that they are sending a representative, maybe the DG of the Nigerian Governors Forum. But until this moment, we have not met with them, even for one day. They have never called us as JUSUN to discuss with us. Let’s us sit down and discuss this thing, it is a constitutional matter and we can resolve this thing.”