ASUU Industrial Court

Chris Piwuna, the vice-president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that the union will be in court on...

“We are in receipt of the letter and we will be in court tomorrow (Monday). Now it set another, and could not wait for the committee to come out with its recommendations. That is the nature of the struggle,” he said.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has adjourned to September the 16th, 2022 the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union ...

Counsel to ASUU, Femi Falana, however, argued that he was aware of the efforts by lawyers to file court papers in the suit on Monday. He said the Federal Government should stop trying to blackmail ASUU, maintaining that university lecturers have not stopped working. However, counsel to the Federal Government, Tijjani Gazali (SAN) opposes SERAP’s application to consolidate the suits.

The suit filed before the National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Abuja by the federal government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ...

The figure represents a steep increase from the number of Nigerians that benefited from the initiative last year. Over 730 Nigerians have benefitted from the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree since 2004. “The students who are co-claimants in the suit are Dongo Daniel Davou; Oyebode Joshua Babafemi; Ejie Kemkanma; Peter Itohowo Aniefiok; and Imam Naziru. This situation has aggravated existing disparities in access to university education in the country, further marginalizing economically disadvantaged parents and students.” He wants the lecturers back to classes while negotiations on the impasse between the government and ASUU continue. They destroy by consuming all valuables within sight,” Dr Owhoko disclosed in the new book he also titled Workplace Rats. Wherever rats are found, there is a complete threat to material order. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, said the steep rise in the number of Nigerians benefiting from the programme in recent years reflects the premium the EU places on its partnership with the country. The suit filed on behalf of SERAP and the students by their lawyer Tayo Oyetibo, said the federal government has “failed to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right to quality education, and the right to freedom of association through the principle of collective bargaining.” “Although Nigeria has ratified several human rights treaties, which guarantee the right to quality education of Nigerian students, the Federal Government has over the years refused to meet the demands by ASUU, and to address the poor environment in the country’s universities. The suit followed the perceived lack of commitment by the federal government to implement the agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and to end the over seven-month-old industrial action by the union, and the threat by the government to implement its “no work, no pay” policy. In the suit number NICN/ABJ/269/2022 filed last week at the National Industrial Court, Abuja, SERAP and the students are seeking: “an order directing President Buhari and Mr Ngige to immediately implement all the agreements with ASUU in order to end the strike action and violation of the students’ right to quality education.”

The National Industrial Court has adjourned the case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to September 16.

The National industrial court has adjourned till September 16, a suit filed by the Federal government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities ...

LFN 2004, titled “Special Provision with Respect to payment of wages during Strikes and Lock-outs,” specifically dealing with the rights of employees/workers during the period of any strike or lock-out. Can ASUU or any other union that embarked on strike be asking to be paid salaries even with clear provisions of the law? The Federal Government had dragged ASUU to court over the union’s ongoing strike seeking the court to determine if the strike is legal or not and also seeking an order of the court directing ASUU to call off the strike.

National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) don case wey Nigeria goment file against Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike action.

Lawyer for ASUU, Femi Falana, however, argue say im dey aware of di efforts by lawyers to file court papers on top di mata on Monday. E say di rights group request to join for di mata na based on di need to forestall di duplicity of outcomes concerning di industrial dispute. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) na im inform di court say dem dey represent di rights group and