FG, ASUU Strike

•CONUA urges association to obey industrial court order. Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja. The Federal Government, yesterday, opposed an attempt by the Academic ...

As ministers in the temple of justice, we want to see the two of you as Senior Lawyers to encourage and explore amicable settlement of this dispute.” Our members were working in the universities, when suddenly the other union declared strike and then, management closed down universities. “Since that time, our members have not been on strike. A statement issued by the media unit of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, narrated that at yesterday’s proceedings, Femi Falana, SAN, had sought to move the motion but the federal government’s lawyer, James U. But as you know, we are not members of ASUU and we have not been on strike all this while. Igwe, objected on the ground that he had not been served with the motion dated September 28, 2022.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to opt for an out-of-court settlement in ...

In August, the union declared a “total and indefinite” extension of its industrial action, noting that the government has failed to meet its demands satisfactorily. Lead counsel to ASUU, Mister Femi Falana (SAN) and Mister James Igwe (SAN), lead counsel to the Federal Government are all in court. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to opt for an out-of-court settlement in handling the impasse between both parties.

A three-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja admonished counsels to ASUU and FG discuss out-of-court settlement.

One of the grounds of appeal said, “The learned Trial Judge erred in law and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he decided to hear and determine the Respondents’ motion for an interlocutory injunction when he knew or ought to have known that the substantive suit filed by the Claimant. Both Igwe and Falana, representing the Federal Government and ASUU respectively promised to heed the advice of the court and will meet and think of how to resolve the matter for the striking lecturers to go back to the classroom. But, when the matter came up on Wednesday, one of the Justices on the panel, Justices George will Abraham asked counsel if he could sit on the panel considering his relationship with one of the Professors; and both counsels to the Federal Government and ASUU asked him to remain on the panel that, they have confidence in him for a just judgement in the matter.

Fixes today for motion to stay execution of NIC judgement. By Ikechukwu Nnochiri. The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal yesterday urged the Federal ...

Femi Falana, SAN, to take patriotic stand and convey the position of the court to their clients. As you leave here, go and sit down and talk and resolve the matter,” Justice Abraham added. Time for war and time for peace.

THE legal tussle between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), took a new turn, on Wednesday, when a three-member.

The communique signed by the chairman of CONUA, UNIBEN chapter, Professor V.O Igbineweka read in part: “Members should resume work unfailingly Wednesday October 5. “Members should commence teaching and project supervision immediately. The Federal Government has equally promised to pay CONUA members the withheld eight months’ salaries.

The lawyers for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, told the Court of Appeal that both parties could not ...

He suggested that their application challenging the ruling of the Industrial Court be heard by the three-man panel of the Appeal Court. The FG’s lawyer, James Igwe, and lead counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), told the Court of Appeal that despite the admonition, they could not resolve the dispute. The lawyers for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, told the Court of Appeal that both parties could not resolve the eight months old strike, despite the out-of-court settlement as advised by the Appellate Court.