The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has said that it has not received any court order stopping its ongoing nationwide strike.
The union President, Festus Osifo, said this in an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday.
The Federal Government, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, had filed an ex-parte application seeking a court order to prevent the unions from proceeding with the strike.
In his ruling, the President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, granted the injunction, citing Sections 17 and 19 of the National Industrial Court Act.
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Osifo stated that though the government had consistently ignored court orders, the organised labour unions, as responsible institutions, would not do the same.
He said, “Yes, we don’t have a service of the court order but we have a government today who perpetually does not obey court orders. When DSS was holding Emefiele, how many court orders were passed for Emefiele to be released? Countless number of them.
“We have a state that refuses to obey court orders. You now expect others to obey court orders but once we see it, we are responsible institutions, we will not say because the Federal Government continuously violates court institution, we will examine it and if it is the right thing for us to do, yes, we will.”
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the TUC instructed their affiliated unions to withdraw their services nationwide beginning at midnight of November 13, 2023.
