A National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to shelve its plan of embarking on a nationwide strike on Wednesday.
While ruling on the case brought before it by the federal government, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, through the the presiding Judge, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, also ordered both the trade unions and the government to desist from embarking on any action pending the settlement of the case.
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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