JUSAG threatens to withdraw all staff from Supreme Court if strike persists

Abdulai Yakubu, the General Secretary of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), has threatened to withdraw all staff from the Supreme Court if the ongoing strike continues beyond the end of the week. He instructed his members at the apex court to cease work if the strike persists, stating that judicial service employees should not be compelled to work while the strike remains active.

Mr Yakubu expressed surprise at the Supreme Court continuing to sit after the strike commenced, but emphasized that the leadership was taken aback when the court sat again on Wednesday. He clarified that JUSAG is not against the Supreme Court conducting its operations but opposes the utilization of judicial service staff to facilitate court proceedings during the strike.

There has been no sitting at the Supreme Court on Thursday, and he indicated that the court may not sit on Friday either. If the dispute remains unresolved by the end of the week, the association will direct its members working at the Supreme Court not to report for duty, warning that no management member or anyone will coerce staff to violate the strike.

Mr Yakubu affirmed that the strike is protected under international labor laws to which Ghana is a signatory.