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ASUU Latest News – Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike

On Wednesday 21st September 2022, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) ordered ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike which has been on for the past seven (7) months and counting.   

court orders asuu to call off strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)  has embarked on a nationwide strike starting from the 14th of February 2022, till date, demanding the re-negotiation of the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement, some of these demands ASUU is asking for are;

  • Review of salaries for lecturers
  • Better funding for universities, and some other issues.

During this striking period, the Federal Government has had a series of meetings with ASUU on how to call off the strike, so that students can go back to school, but each meeting between ASUU and FG always ends up without a unified or concrete agreement, so to say each meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG) ends in disagreement.

However, the Federal Government took the case to Industrial Court to challenge the Academic Staff Union of Universities industrial action (Strike)

Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend the ongoing strike with immediate effect.

On Wednesday 21st September 2022, Justice Polycarp Hamman, during the court session at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja, gave the order in a ruling on behalf of the application by the Federal Government for an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing ASUU strike.

Justice Polycarp Hamman on Wednesday held that the strike was a breach of Section 18(1)(2) of the Trade Disputes Act, which prohibits their action.

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