The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call its strike. The three- man panel of the court led by Justice Hamma Barka gave the order in a ruling on an application filed by ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court which asked the striking lecturers to resume duty.
At the court session, the appellate court said ASUU should first obey the order of the industrial court which directed the suspension of its strike before seeking to appeal the judgment.
The appellate Court which granted ASUU conditional leave to appeal the order of the Industrial Court insisted that ASUU must obey the order of the lower court with effect from October 7.
The industrial court had on September 21, granted interlocutory order in favour of the federal government, ordering the university lecturers to resume work pending the resolution of their dispute with government.
But not satisfied with the Industrial court order, ASUU through it’s counsel, Femi Falana headed to the appellate court to seek redress
