Court Stops NLC, TUC’s Planned Strike Over Fuel, Electricity Hike


The National Industrial Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) their officers, affiliates and privies from embarking on any strike or stoppage of work from Monday September, 28 2020.

According to a report in The Nation, Justice Ibrahim Galadima said the order was pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

The court also granted an order of interim injunction restraining the unions, their officers, affiliates, privies from disrupting, restraining, picketing or preventing the workers or its affiliates or ordinary Nigerians from accessing their offices to carry out their legitimate duties on the 28th September 2020 or any other date.

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Justice Galadima made the order sequel to an ex-parte application filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Peace and Unity Ambassadors Association through their counsel, Sunusi Musa.

The court also granted an order compelling the Inspector General of Police and the Director General Department of State Services (DSS) to provide protection for workers engaged in their legitimate duties from any form of harassment, intimidation and bullying by the officers, agents or privies of the unions pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

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1 COMMENT

  1. Court has no right to stop protest, they may have right to stop demostration of some activities. Which tomorrow them the court may find their self in same position of protest.
    So know it today! Is your rights to protest in anything you are not accepted with. Until you are been cleared or your right would be granted to you. I want to catigoricaly said this. Any court that stand to stop protest is not computtent and must question who grant such prayer in the court of justice.

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