FG Warns ASUU Against Disobeying Court Order
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The Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige has advised the Academic
Staff Union of Universities to stop directing its members to continue with the
8-month-old strike in defiance of the interlocutory injunction by the National
Industrial Court which restrained the union from further action.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Deputy
Director Press and Public Relations, Olajide Oshundun, on Sunday.
Ngige accused the leadership of the union of misinforming and
misleading its members and warned of consequences of contempt of court order,
noting that “the Federal Government strongly frowns at this.”
He
stated “The union is dishonest and misleading its members and the general
public, that it has filed an appeal as well as a stay of execution of the
order of National Industrial Court on September 21, 2022, though it has none
of this.
“Rather, ASUU only filed an application for permission to
appeal the order. It also attached to the application, a proposed notice of
appeal which it intends to file if the leave to appeal is granted.
The application for a stay of execution as of this moment has not
even been listed for hearing. Where then is ASUU coming from?
“It
is therefore contemptuous, dishonest and misleading for the union to tell its
members that it has not only appealed the interlocutory injunction by the
National Industrial Court, directing it to call off the strike and return to
work but that it also has a stay of execution.”
The minister once again called on the union to respect the court order and
return to work while negotiations are concluded on the remaining issues in
contention.
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