ASUU Sues Edo Varsity Over Alleged Contempt Of Court
Category: Education News
The Ambrose Alli University chapter of the Academic Staff Union
of Universities has filed a suit at the Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in
Benin, Edo State capital, against the management of the institution over what
it termed as the selective payments of January and February 2022 salaries of
workers.
In the suit numbered NICN/BEN/04/2022, dated June 22,
2022, the AAU chapter of the ASUU accused the management of the institution of
contempt of court orders of February 2 and May 17, 2022, mandating the payment
of January and February 2022 salaries of some members of ASUU, who were
aggrieved by the biometric verification exercise.
The plaintiffs in
the suit, alongside ASUU, were the Chairman, ASUU, AAU Ekpoma chapter, Dr.
Cyril Onogbosele, and the Assistant Secretary, Dr. William Odion, against six
defendants in the suit including the acting Vice-Chancellor of the university,
Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin, and the acting Registrar, Mr. Ambrose Odiase.
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Counsel to the claimants, Abayomi Thomas, in the suit, cited, ‘‘Motion
on notice brought pursuant to Order 63, Rules 5 (1), 5(3), and 6 of the
National Industrial Court Rules 2017,’’ and sought the intervention of the
court to institute contempt proceedings against the management and subsequent
reliefs to be granted to the plaintiffs as deemed fit by the court.
Recently,
the AAU branch of ASUU and the management of the state-owned university have
been at loggerheads over the suspension of union activities by the latter.
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