THE strike action embarked
upon by university lecturers
has assumed another
dimension as the Academic
Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has been dragged before the National Industrial
Court of Nigeria (NICN) over
the lingering strike action.
The suit, with the number
NICW/Abj/242/2013 which also
has ministers of labour and productivity, education,
finance and justice, as well
as secretary to the
government of the
federation as defendants,
was instituted by the registered trustees of
Golden Women of Integrity
and Vision Association and
Mrs. Florence Uche Ojieh.
In the suit, the claimants are
asking the court to determine whether the
strike action embarked upon
by ASUU is not illegal and
contrary to law and
whether members of the
union are not bound by the policy of ‘no work no pay’
and therefore not entitled
to their salary during the
period of the strike.
They also asked the court
to determine whether members of ASUU are
entitled to continue to
retain their employment,
having abandoned or
deemed to have abandoned
their work in the universities; whether or not
the union complied with the
mandatory provisions of
Section 4 and 5 of the Trade
Dispute Act CAP T8 LFN 2004
before embarking on the strike; whether the union
has complied with the
provision of Section 8 of the
Trade Disputes Act CAP T8
LFN 2004; whether or not
the minister of education is not entitled to determine
the employment of the
union, same having
abandoned or deemed to
have abandoned their work
in their universities and whether or not the doctrine
of collective bargain or the
purported 2009 agreement
can be the basis for the
strike action by ASUU same
not having been incorporated in their
contract of employment
between it and the federal
government.
The reliefs sought by the
claimants include a declaration that the strike
action embarked upon by
ASUU since July 2, 2013 is
illegal, unconstitutional, null
and void.
The claimants also sought a declaration of court that
the strike action is unlawful
and unwarranted in the face
of the payment to the union
by federal govern82ment of
over N50 billion to meet ASUU’s demands from the
government.
Other reliefs are an order of
mandatory injunction
directing the union to go
back to work immediately and unconditionally; an order
directing the union to return
or refund all monies paid to
it by the federal
government in error or
otherwise; an order directing ASUU to return to
the negotiation table and a
declaration that the strike
action is illegal,
unconstitutional, null and
void. Others are an order
directing ASUU to refund all
monies paid to its members
as salaries, wages and
allowances during the strike
action; an order enforcing the no work no pay rule on
the union; a declaration that
the condition precedent to
protest and or strike as
provided by the Trade
Dispute Act Cap T8 LFN 2004 has not been fulfilled; an
order declaring the
agreement on which the
strike action is based as an
extra-legal document which
have no force of law; an order declaring any step
taken or any further step
to be taken in relation to
the industrial actioaj2n by
ASUU, agents, privies,
assignors, sympathizers, successors or any person
whatsoever by whatever
name so-called as illegal,
unlawful and unconstitutional
and an interim order
restraining any other trade union and association from
joining, participating and
aligning with the ASUU strike.

Oooh Not again..can we just resume already pls?

This action can't stop the strike..its add more fire to it cz its was an aggrement SIGNeD by the FG.to my own view they are to be blame for that..I just pray they realize they are waisting iur time at home doing nothing...OcT 1st Nigeria will celebrate independence and BiLLionS will be spent..and they keep telling us nO MOnEY...ASUU I am your back pls don't call off the strike bcz I want this to be the last till I graduate..

bodman4us: This action can't stop the strike..its add more fire to it cz its was an aggrement SIGNeD by the FG.to my own view they are to be blame for that..I just pray they realize they are waisting iur time at home doing nothing...OcT 1st Nigeria will celebrate independence and BiLLionS will be spent..and they keep telling us nO MOnEY...ASUU I am your back pls don't call off the strike bcz I want this to be the last till I graduate..

Pathetic Nonsense...English lang. isn't by force so you can like to shut up now!