Nigeria’s Senate President Dr.
Bukola Saraki has sued workers of the National Assembly for embarking on an
industrial action over unpaid allowances.
In a an ex-parte motion issued by
the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja, and which was signed by the
Assistant Chief Registrar, Hauwa Yakubu, Esq., the Senate President, Dr Bukola
Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara sought
a restraining order stopping the workers under the Parliamentary Staff
Association of Nigeria (PASAN) from proceeding on strike.
The “order of interim
injunction”, issued through suit No. NICN/ABJ/360/2018 dated 18th December,
2018, directed the leadership of PASAN and their agents to refrain from
proceeding on strike.
It states inter alia:
“An order of interim injunction
restraining all the defendants /respondents, particularly their agents,
provides, servants, however called from taking steps to proceed or proceeding
on strike, pending the determination of the motion. ”
“An interim injunction
restraining PASAN, their agents, privies, servants from giving directives to
their members to proceed or proceeding on strike.”
The Parliamentary Staff
Association of Nigeria in the National Assembly on Monday embarked on a
four-day warning strike over unpaid allowances to the tune of N2.7 billion.
PASAN members were stopped from gaining access to the National Assembly on
Wednesday when President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 appropriation
bill.
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