By Ikechukwu
The National Industrial Court NIC, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned the suit the FG filed to challenge the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, till September 16 friday.
The court, presided over by Justice P. I. Hamman, okayed the suit for further mention, even as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, applied to be joined as an interested party to the matter.
SERAP, through its lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, told the court that it recently instituted a similar suit with a view to compelling the Federal Government to honour the agreement it entered into with the striking varsity lecturers since 2009.
Adegboruwa add: “My lord, we filed a similar suit on September 8, asking this court to compel the FG to honour an agreement it willingly entered into with ASUU. That matter is still pending.”
He said the decision of the organisation to file a joinder application to be made a party in the counter suit by F G was to forestall the duplicity of outcomes concerning the industrial dispute.
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