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Industrial Court Orders University Lecturers To End Strike

 

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work.

The Court gave the order on Wednesday after the hearing of the suit filed by the federal government against ASUU.

NewsBeatng reports that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 demanding for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.

Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government ended in a deadlock.

This made the federal government to approach court to challenge the strike.

The Federal Government in a suit, prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike.

The Minister of Labour and Employment on behalf of the federal overnment had filed the matter before the court by way of referral to resolve the issue of the ongoing strike by ASUU.

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