{"id":99127,"date":"2022-09-11T20:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T19:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99127"},"modified":"2022-09-11T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T19:16:48","slug":"strike-ngige-drags-asuu-to-court-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/strike-ngige-drags-asuu-to-court-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike: Ngige drags ASUU to court again\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1743695641292386938\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, over the prolonged strike of the union.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nNgige, in a leaked letter written to the Chief Registrar of the court, dated September 8, 2022, alleged the refusal of ASUU to call off its strike which began February 14, 2022, and thereby, asked the court to accelerate hearing on the matter in order to bring the dispute between the union and the government to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was titled, \u2018Forwarding of a Referral Instrument in the Trade Dispute Between the FG\/Federal Ministry of Education and ASUU.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It partly read, \u201cPlease find attached three original copies of a Referral Instrument regarding the trade dispute between the FG \/Federal Ministry of Education and ASUU for adjudication by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Referral Instrument is raised in fine with powers vested in the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment by trade dispute resolution mechanisms and the provision of Section 17 of the Trade Dispute Act. 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Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the fact that ASUU members have been on strike since February 14, 2022, and have refused to call off the action, it would be appreciated if this dispute is given an accelerated hearing in order to bring the dispute to an end.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, over the prolonged strike of the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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