BREAKING: Court Orders ASUU To Call Off 7 Month Strike

Court Orders ASUU To Call Off 7 Month Strike

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the national industrial court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike.

 

ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.

 

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Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government have ended in a deadlock.

 

Consequently, the federal government went to court to challenge the strike.

 

The government through its counsel, James Igwe prayed the court for an interlocutory injunction restraining ASUU from taking further steps as regards the strike, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

 

Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

 

Gbajabiamila made this known after five hours closed-door meeting between the leadership of the house and ASUU on Tuesday in Abuja.

 

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Those invited are, the Account General of the Federation, the Auditor General of the Federation, the Director General of the National Information Development Agency (NITDA) and his counterpart in the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.

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