Nigeria: Magistrates Issue Seven-Day Strike Notice Over Poor Welfare

“Magistrates are seen daily on public or commercial vehicles, most times alongside litigants and criminal suspects standing trial before them. This is a security risk to their lives.”

Magistrates in Cross River State have threatened to go on strike over lack of promotion and poor welfare.

The magistrates, under the aegis of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Cross River State Chapter, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Cross River State Government on Wednesday at the end of their meeting in