STOP POLITICIZING JUSTICE: JUSUN MUST NOT TURN AUTONOMY INTO ANARCHY
Let us be very careful here.
This is where labour agitation must not be allowed to slide into political theatre.
Nobody is denying the legitimacy of judicial autonomy—it is constitutional, it is important, and it must be respected. But what must also be said clearly is this:
Autonomy is not achieved by press conferences and prolonged shutdowns. It is achieved through structured implementation.
- DON’T POLITICIZE A SERIOUS INSTITUTIONAL ISSUE
JUSUN should not allow itself to be used—knowingly or unknowingly—as a pressure tool in the wider political space.
Because the truth is:
👉 Financial autonomy is not a switch you turn overnight.
👉 It involves budgeting structures.
👉 It involves institutional realignment.
👉 It involves legal and administrative compliance
So when everything is reduced to:
❌ “Government has failed”
without acknowledging process,
it begins to look less like engagement and more like political positioning.
- THE CONTRADICTION THEY CAN’T EXPLAIN
On one hand:
👉 You say this is not about leave allowance
On the other hand:
👉 Salaries are halted
👉 Courts are shut down
👉 Citizens are denied justice
So the real question is:
Who is paying the price for this strike?
👉 The ordinary Abian
👉 The litigant
👉 The accused awaiting trial
👉 The business owner seeking justice
You cannot claim to defend justice by shutting justice down indefinitely.
- GOVERNANCE IS NOT STREET ACTIVISM
Governor Otti is not on the streets—
he is running a state.
And governance requires:
✔ sequencing
✔ sustainability
✔ fiscal discipline
If autonomy is rushed without aligning:
revenue flows
expenditure structures
accountability systems
what you create is not independence—
you create institutional breakdown.
- THE FACTS THEY IGNORE
This government has already:
✔ Rebuilt public finance structure
✔ Reduced leakages
✔ Strengthened institutions
✔ Restored governance discipline
So the idea that the same government will act in bad faith is politically convenient—but logically weak.
What is happening is simple:
Implementation is being structured—not manipulated.
- THE REAL DANGER
If every sector decides to:
👉 strike indefinitely
👉 reject process
👉 demand instant execution
then governance becomes:
anarchy of demands
There must be:
✔ negotiation
✔ timelines
✔ structured engagement
—not emotional escalation.
FINAL WORD
Judicial autonomy is not the problem.
But turning it into a political weapon is.
You don’t strengthen institutions by shutting them down.
⚖️ CLOSING TRUTH
This is not a war.
This is governance.
JUSUN must engage responsibly.
Government is staying the course.
But let nobody hijack this moment for:
❌ politics
❌ pressure games
❌ endless disruption
Justice delayed is bad.
Justice completely shut down is worse.
Let us be guided.
AProf Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke
