Nigeria’s Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has sued workers of the
National Assembly for embarking on an industrial action over unpaid
allowances.
In a an ex-parte motion issued by the National
Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja, and which was signed by the
Assistant Chief Registrar, Hauwa Yakubu, Esq., the Senate President, Dr
Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu
Dogara sought a restraining order stopping the workers under the
Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) from proceeding on
strike.
The “order of interim injunction”, issued through suit
No. NICN/ABJ/360/2018 dated 18th December, 2018, directed the leadership
of PASAN and their agents to refrain from proceeding on strike.
It states inter alia:
“An
order of interim injunction restraining all the defendants
/respondents, particularly their agents, provides, servants, however
called from taking steps to proceed or proceeding on strike, pending the
determination of the motion. ”
“An interim injunction
restraining PASAN, their agents, privies, servants from giving
directives to their members to proceed or proceeding on strike.”
The
Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria in the National Assembly on
Monday embarked on a four-day warning strike over unpaid allowances to
the tune of N2.7 billion.
PULSE NAIJA reports also that PASAN
members were stopped from gaining access to the National Assembly on
Wednesday when President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019
appropriation bill.
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