The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has filed an
appeal to challenge a court ruling which directed the union to call off its
nationwide strike.
The appeal, filed through its legal team led by Femi Falana,
a senior advocate of Nigeria, is premised on 14 grounds.
The union is, among other things, seeking the leave of the
appellate court to file the appeal pursuant to section 243 of the constitution
that requires a leave of court to appeal the judgment or ruling of the national
industrial court (NIC).
ASUU is also seeking a stay of execution of the orders of
the court, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the
demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for
lecturers, among other issues.
Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government
have ended in deadlock.
Consequently, the federal government went to the national
industrial court to challenge the strike.
Delivering a ruling on Wednesday, Polycarp Hamman, the
judge, granted the federal government’s application for an interlocutory
injunction to restrain ASUU from continuing with the strike.
The judge also ordered members of the union to resume work
pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
He held that the strike is detrimental to public university
students who cannot afford to attend private tertiary institutions.
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