The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work immediately.
The appellate court issued the order today while granting leave to ASUU to appeal Justice Polycarp Hamman of the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria’s interlocutory injunction on September 21, 2022, asking members of the union to resume work.
The court, presided over by Justice Hamma Barka, warned that if ASUU failed to comply with the court order, it automatically lost the right to appeal against the lower court’s ruling.
It, however, struck out the application by ASUU for a stay of execution of the order of the Industrial Court, based on the motion by the applicant’s counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), for the withdrawal of the application.
After reading the lead ruling, Justice Hamma Barka, Chairman of the three-man panel, ordered ASUU to file its notice of appeal of the lower court’s ruling within seven days.
REPORTERS AT LARGE earlier reported that Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja on September 21, 2022, ordered the ASUU to suspend the ongoing industrial action immediately. The judge held that the strike breached Section 18(1)(2) of the Trade Disputes Act, which prohibits their action.
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