Court awaits September 21 to rule on FG's lawsuit against ASUU
The National Labor Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, September 21, ruled on the application for an interlocutory injunction brought before it by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The court set the date after federal government attorney James Igwe (SAN) argued his claim, which seeks a court order preventing ASUU from continuing the ongoing nationwide strike.
>The federal government, through the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, had gone to court to challenge the ongoing strike launched by university professors since February this year.
>Igwe had asked the court to grant the suit an expedited hearing due to the urgency of the case to allow the students to return to school, adding that since the case was already before the court, it would be appropriate for the strike to be called off pending the prosecution's determination.
But ASUU lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) said the union is currently meeting with stakeholders to ensure the matter is resolved and called on the government to cooperate with the union to resolve the problem.
The federal government had taken the union to court to consider the legality or otherwise of the ongoing extended strike by ASUU leaders and members and also to fully interpret the provisions of Section 18 LFN 2004, especially since it applies to the termination of the strike once a commercial dispute is apprehended by the Minister of Labor and Employment and conciliation is in progress.
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In the complaint dated September 8, the federal government asks the court, among other remedies, to determine whether ASUU members are entitled to emoluments or "strike pay" during their time on strike, which started on February 14, 2022, all the more so in view of the national legislation as provided for in section 43 of the TDA and the International Labor Principles on the right to strike as well as the decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO on the subject.
"To determine whether ASUU has the right to strike over disputes, as is the case here, by forcing the federal government to use its own academic transparency accountability solution ( UTAS) for the payment of salaries of its members, as opposed to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) universally used by the federal government in the country for the payment of salaries of all its employees in the civil service of the federal government of which university workers, including ASUU members, are a part or even where the government, through NITDA, has subjected ASUU and its counterpart, Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll Systems (UPPPS) software to a test of integrity (vulnerability and stress test) and they failed."
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Court sets September 21 to decide FG's lawsuit against ASUU
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Court sets September 21 to decide FG's lawsuit against ASUU
The National Labor Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, September 21, ruled on the application for an interlocutory injunction brought before it by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The court set the date after federal government attorney James Igwe (SAN) argued his claim, which seeks a court order preventing ASUU from continuing the ongoing nationwide strike.
>The federal government, through the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, had gone to court to challenge the ongoing strike launched by university professors since February this year.
>Igwe had asked the court to grant the suit an expedited hearing due to the urgency of the case to allow the students to return to school, adding that since the case was already before the court, it would be appropriate for the strike to be called off pending the prosecution's determination.
But ASUU lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) said the union is currently meeting with stakeholders to ensure the matter is resolved and called on the government to cooperate with the union to resolve the problem.
The federal government had taken the union to court to consider the legality or otherwise of the ongoing extended strike by ASUU leaders and members and also to fully interpret the provisions of Section 18 LFN 2004, especially since it applies to the termination of the strike once a commercial dispute is apprehended by the Minister of Labor and Employment and conciliation is in progress.
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In the complaint dated September 8, the federal government asks the court, among other remedies, to determine whether ASUU members are entitled to emoluments or "strike pay" during their time on strike, which started on February 14, 2022, all the more so in view of the national legislation as provided for in section 43 of the TDA and the International Labor Principles on the right to strike as well as the decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO on the subject.
"To determine whether ASUU has the right to strike over disputes, as is the case here, by forcing the federal government to use its own academic transparency accountability solution ( UTAS) for the payment of salaries of its members, as opposed to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) universally used by the federal government in the country for the payment of salaries of all its employees in the civil service of the federal government of which university workers, including ASUU members, are a part or even where the government, through NITDA, has subjected ASUU and its counterpart, Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll Systems (UPPPS) software to a test of integrity (vulnerability and stress test) and they failed."
MONDAY LINES: I support Buhari
Court sets September 21 to decide FG's lawsuit against ASUU
EDITORIAL: The Bloody Discovery in Ibadan
Court sets September 21 to decide FG's lawsuit against ASUU
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