The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC on Wednesday have disclosed why it members didn’t obey any court order stopping the nationwide strike.
The organised labour stated that it didn’t receive any court order, whatsoever restraining them from embarking on the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike.
The President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television.
According to him, NLC and TUC did not receive any notice of a court order restraining it from embarking on strike.
“We don’t have any court order; NLC and TUC have none. There is no single communication to that effect”, he said.
His reaction comes after a court judgement surfaced last week restraining the unions from embarking on strike.
In the application, the FG and AGF told the court that the strike would inflict untold hardship on law-abiding citizens and their businesses.
Counsel for the Federal Government and the AGF, Tijani Gazali SAN during the proceedings on Friday argued that many Nigerians suffered when the labour unions during their demonstration on Thursday blocked the entrances to the main Airports in the country.
He pleaded with the court that unless the planned strike action is stopped, there may be a likelihood of a breach of peace and tranquility in the country.
In his ruling, the president of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip cited sections 17 and 19 of the National Industrial Court Act and ordered the unions to stop their nationwide strike.
But, on Tuesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress commenced a nationwide indefinite strike over an assault on Joe Ajaero, NLC National President, in Imo State.
DAILY GIST reports that affiliate unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), National Union of Electricity Employees, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) and others, have since joinined the strike action.
