ASUU To Sue FG Over Registration Of Factional Academic Unions
Kayode Oyero
Updated October 6, 2022

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional unions.

“ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, told Channels Television on Thursday.

The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, also confirmed the development in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday morning.

“He (Falana) is our lawyer. So, that is correct,” Osodeke said when asked to confirm the development.

The Federal Government on Tuesday registered two factional academic unions – the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA).

The registration of the two factional unions took place as talks between ASUU and the government broke down amid the over seven-month strike by lecturers of public universities.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, explained that the two bodies will exist alongside ASUU, adding that the two associations will enjoy the rights and privileges accorded to other academic unions in the tertiary education system.

However, Falani, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said the registration of CONUA and NAMDA is illegal. He said according to the Trade Unions Act, only one union is allowed to operate in every sector.

“You can’t have two trade unions in the same sector. Only a union is allowed to be registered for all academics in Nigeria.

“That is the essence of the classification of trade unions because we used to have mushrooms in the First Republic so the government restructured the unions and grouped all academics together and all non-academics together. You can’t have two or three in one field,” he said.

Falana said there is a Supreme Court judgment on the proliferation of trade unions – the Erasmus Osawe V Registrar of Trade Unions.

The senior lawyer also said the apex court ruled “that your freedom of association is not totalled; it is also regulated by the Trade Unions Act so that there will be no proliferation of trade unions”.

ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, over unpaid allowances, poor welfare, and payment software, among others.


https://www.channelstv.com/2022/10/06/ASUU-heads-to-court-over-fgs-registration-of-factional-academic-unions/

Nigeria!. There is no different between us the citizens and the leaders we accused. We tend to evade law at any slightest point when it doesn't favour us, count it as injustice but feels contented when it favours us, count it as justice.

Quite appalling though;

“ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, told Channels Television on Thursday"

The same court that you guys refuse to obey. And if NIC rule the case to favour you, you also expect FG accept the court verdict.

"The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, also confirmed the development in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday morning"

“He (Falana) is our lawyer. So, that is correct,” Osodeke said when asked to confirm the development"

The same union that you said were inconsequential. I said it before, the ASSU chairman statement was not from heart.

Nic ordered you to resume but you are appealing, now you are going to the same Nic to sue FG, ASUU dey mad sha.....


Even if they win which they would not, who told them FG will not appeal too....

Both FG and ASUU are foolish

I THOUGHT ASUU SAID IT DOESN'T CONCERN THEM?

I hope Falana is representing ASUU in courts pro bono? Or he's just looking for every means to chop money from them

Thought their president said those other unions are inconsequential?..Lool

The three are all mad,asun,fg,court.

;Wahala Pro Max

mespusinglez:
I THOUGHT ASUU SAID IT DOESN'T CONCERN THEM?

You dey mind ASUU?

Na idiots dem be.

They thought that are the only ones who know how to play dirty by holding the students and the whole nation at hostage and demanding for unrealistic ransom.

Unfortunately for them, the Federal Government has finally decided to call their bullshit_ this time around.

ASUU will come out of this strike completely weakened, battered, confused, humbled, demoralized, divided and destroyed.

Mark my words.

Ije uwa