Strike: FG and ASUU fail to find a resolution outside of court.
On Thursday, the attorneys for the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities informed the Court of Appeal that neither side could conclude the eight-month-old strike, despite the Appellate Court’s recommendation for an out-of-court settlement.
James Igwe, attorney for the FG, and Femi Falana, lead counsel for ASUU, told the Court of Appeal that despite the warning, they were unable to resolve the disagreement.
The sitting judge, Justice Hamma Barka, then adjourned the case for an hour to allow Falana, the attorney for ASUU, to file a response to the counter affidavit filed by the FG in opposition to the hearing of the appeal.
Falana stated at the resumption of the hearing that talks had begun and would continue until the completion of the day’s proceedings. He urged that the three-person panel of the Appeal Court hear their application challenging the Industrial Court’s verdict.
As the court had recommended, the parties agreed that the court should consider the case since no peaceful resolution had been found.
In addition, Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labor and Employment, awarded CONUA and NAMDA with registration certificates on Tuesday.
Ngige, who spoke while giving the registration certificates to the two unions, said that the two organizations will coexist with ASUU.
Since February 14, 2022, ASUU has been on strike as professors at public universities protest unpaid allowances and demand an improved welfare package from the Federal Government.
In an interview with Channels Television, Femi Falana, SAN, the main lawyer for ASUU, stated that the union would fight the Federal Government on the registration of the two unions.
“ASUU will be in court. It will be the NIC,” ASUU’s attorney, Femi Falana, said Thursday on Channels Television.
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