Following the ruling of the Appeal Court, Abuja, ordering the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to the classroom immediately, the union has revealed that it will review the judgement to determine its next line of action.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a chat with DAILY POST disclosed that the union is yet to officially receive the Appeal Court ruling.
He disclosed that the union would after receiving the judgement, go through the document with its lawyers and decide on its next line of action.
Hear him, “We have not received the ruling, when we get it, we will review it with our lawyer and then we can take the next step”.
It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Friday ordered ASUU to resume work with immediate effect.
The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which asked the striking lecturers to resume duty.
In the ruling, the 3-man panel led by Justice Hamman Barka, said for ASUU to file its notice of appeal within 7 days, it must show evidence that its members have resumed work immediately.
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The panel held that failure to adhere to the order, will make the appeal incompetent before Court of Appeal.
The Court also granted ASUU “conditional leave to appeal the order of the Industrial Court, while insisting that ASUU must obey the order of the lower court with effect from today, October 7.
It would also be recalled that the Federal Government, following its inability to reach a truce with the university lecturer, dragged ASUU to the National Industrial Court on September 11.
The court on September 24, ordered the striking lecturers to return to class while negotiation with the Federal Government continues.
Miffed by the ruling, the union headed to the appellate court to appeal the ruling.