BREAKING: ASUU Takes Decision after Court Directs Lecturers' Union to Call Off Strike
- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it will appeal the court order directing lecturers to resume work immediately
- In a statement on Wednesday, the union said it has started assembling its lawyers to file an appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court
- Adelaja Odukoya, the Lagos zone chairman of the union, urged members to remain calm and united to fight till the end
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Lagos, Nigeria - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to appeal the order by the National Industrial Court, directing the lecturers' union to call off its strike and resume work immediately.
The union, according to a report by Daily Trust, said it had started assembling its lawyers led by a renowned human rights activist, Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to file an appeal.
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Legit.ng gathers that the chairman of the union, Lagos zone, Adelaja Odukoya, in a statement urged members of the union to remain calm and united to fight till the end.
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the National Industrial Court in Abuja ordered ASUU to end its ongoing nationwide strike.
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Justice Polycarp Hamman, in a ruling on Wednesday, September 21, said he was invoking Section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act, which allows the court to order an end to strike when national interest is at stake.
Justice Hamman held that it was necessary to end the strike because the students have a right to education.
Recall that ASUU began the strike on February 14 to press home some key demands, which include acceptance of a payment platform (UTAS) preferred by the union.
ASUU strike: Nigerian students reject court order, says "judgement betrays equity"
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had also kicked against the judgment of the industrial court.
The association, in a statement by its signed by its spokesperson, Giwa Yisa Temitope, said the court's "judgement betrays equity."
The students argued that the federal government shouldn’t have dragged ASUU to court, adding that what should be done is to address the demands of the striking university lecturers.
Source: Legit.ng
