JUST IN: Court stops Ganduje from deducting judiciary workers salary

A Kano High Court has restrained Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from deducting salaries of Judiciary workers pending the determination of a motion on notice filed before it.

Solcebase reports that the plaintiffs in the suit are, Mukhtar Rabiu Lawan, Sule Aliyu, Sani Yau, Zahran A. Fagge, Yahaya Muhammad Sani, Hussaini Imam Galadanchi, Bashir Lawan Abdullahi, Haruna Ahmed, Kabiru Usman Danbatta, Fatihu Wada Khalil, Auwalu Nidi Sitti, Auwalu Mohammed, Abubakar El-Yakub and Sani Lmido, suing for themselves and representatives of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Kano State Chapter.

While the defendant includes, Governor of Kano State, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kano State, Commissioner of Finance, Head of Service, Kano State and Accountant General of Kano State.

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Solacebase gathered that the plaintiffs sued the defendants over deduction of their salaries in the months of November and December, 2020.

The workers in are also demanding for the refund of the two months deduction.

The presiding judge, Justice Usman Mallam Na’abba in an interim order granted on Wednesday directed that the defendants, their agents or whomsoever acting on their behalfs must comply with the agreement dated December 19, 2019, entered into between Kano State Government and Joint Public Service Negotiating Council by paying the plaintiffs and JUSUN members their full salary Scale under Consolidated Judicial Staff Salary Structure.

The case was then adjourned to January 28, 2021, for the hearing of the motion on notice.