Nigeria, April 11 -- The Abia State Government has said the ongoing industrial action by the Abia State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) stemmed from a dispute over payment of leave allowance to the judiciary workers.

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Ikechukwu Uwanna, disclosed this on Thursday at Government House, Umuahia, while briefing reporters on the JUSUN strike.

Judiciary workers in Abia State began an indefinite strike on 15 March, accusing the state government of failing to pay them their leave allowance.

But Mr Uwanna, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, argued that the workers have been receiving the allowance as "leave bonus" which are usually put together as "consolidated" sa...