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Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the ruling of the National Industrial Court asking the lecturers to call off their 7-month-old strike and return to the classroom. The order of the National Industrial Court was delivered on September 21, 2022, by Justice Polycarp I. Hamman. The suit dated October 14, 2022, and numbered NICN/ABJ/270/2022 has ASUU as the Appellant and the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Minister of Education as the Respondents.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Tuesday (today) hear the appeal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities against the ruling by the National Industrial Court. This is as negotiations and talks have continued between the House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and the union. The Gbajabiamila-led delegation would also meet with President Muhammadu Buhari today. A source familiar with the matter made this known in a chat with PUNCH on Sunday.