Group Sues ASUU Over Varsity Lecturers’ Strike

A group, the Registered Trustees of Golden Women of Integrity and Vision Association, has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities before the National Industrial Court over the ongoing lecturers'  strike in the nation's universities.

Others listed as defendants in the suit, with reference number NICN/Abj/242/2013, are the ministers of Labour and Productivity, Education, Finance and Justice as well as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

In the suit, the plaintiffs asked the court to determine the legality of the strike action by ASUU and whether or not members of the union are not bound by the policy of no-work-no-pay and therefore not entitled to their salary during the period of the strike.

They also asked the court to determine whether members of the union are entitled to continue to retain their employment, having abandoned their work in the universities, and whether or not the union complied with the mandatory provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 LFN 2004 before embarking on the strike.