The National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to suspend its plan of embarking on a nationwide strike on Wednesday.
Justice Babatunde Adejumo gave the restraining order after the Attorney General of the Federation, Justice Adejumo, held: “The defendants are hereby restrained from carrying out the threat contained in their communique issued on May 14th pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed on May 16.
“It is the order of this court that status quo be maintained as at 17th May.”
Basing its argument on section 14 of the 1999 Constitution, the federal government had argued that it was not in the best interest of the nation for the trade union to shut down, noting that nothing can compensate for the damages that will be caused by the strike.
The order served on the NLC and TUC will expire after seven days.
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