ASUU STRIKE TO RECEIVE COURT VERDICT ON WEDNESDAY

The National Industrial Court will rule on an application filed by the Federal Government (FG) seeking a court order compelling the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing ASUU strike.

After hearing the arguments of the parties counsel, Justice Polycarp Hamman adjourned the case.

J.U.K Igwe, counsel for FG, informed the court in his submission that the application for the injunction was dated September 12 and filed on the same date.

He also stated that the application was filed following the rules of the NICN 2017 proceeding.

Mr Igwe added that it was supported by a 21-paragraph affidavit sworn before Okechukwu Wampa, a legal adviser in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. It was attached with three exhibits and an undertaking regarding damages Wampa had sworn to.

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The claimants had complied with all requirements for the court to grant the injunction; he added as he urged the court to grant the prayer requested and continued to adopt the written address.

In regards to damages, he claimed that the claimant’s action was not apprehensive and that the seven months of lost time due to the strike could not be made up.

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He concluded by arguing that the court should grant the injunction in accordance with the Trade Disputes Act 2004’s section 18 (1) (e), which states that a worker should not go on strike while a case is already before the court.

Femi Falana, the defendant’s attorney, announced that he had an ASUU president-deposed nine-paragraph counter-affidavit filed on September 16 before the court.

He added that there were eight exhibits and a written address attached to the affidavit and that they should be used as their argument against the interlocutory injunction.

In addition, Mr Falana contended that the minister lacked the authority to request that the court instruct ASUU to end its strike in the referral.