Appeal Court Orders Striking Lecturers To Resume

The Court of Appeal Abuja has, in a ruling on Friday ordered striking lecturers to “immediately” call off its eight-months strike.

In a ruling by Justice Hamma Barke, the three man team also granted the application for leave to appeal filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The leave so granted allows ASUU to formally challenge the interlocutory order issued by the National Industrial Court, directing its members to resume work pending the determination of the substantive suit filed by the Federal Government against the strike embarked upon by ASUU.

The court struck out ASUU’s request for stay of execution of the Industrial Court’s order, which it’s lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) withdrew on Thursday.

The appellate court said should ASUU fail to re-open the universities, the order to appeal against the interlocutory injunction of the National Industrial Court “will be automatically vacated.”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on strike since February.