The National Industrial Court on Wednesday in Abuja defended its order of injunction stopping the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress from embarking on strike.
The court said the order remained valid, subsisting and must be respected by all parties.
The Chief Registrar of the NIC, Mrs. Rakiya Bosede-Haastrup, at a press conference, said, “The order of the court was not obtained by fraud as being peddled in some quarters. The order, as given by a competent court of the land, is still subsisting and ought to be respected by all parties.
“The insinuation from some quarters that a ‘black market injunction’ was obtained by the AGF from the NIC is no doubt misleading, baseless and has no iota of truth in such whatsoever.
“All rules of court were carefully observed and followed to the letter for the avoidance of doubt and preserving the credibility of the court in such a sensitive issue. The gamut of the case file and filings were published in the Tuesday January 10 edition of national newspapers.”
“The essence of the order of the court is to avoid breakdown of law and order and to ensure that there is industrial peace and harmony in the country.”
Meanwhile, the court will on Thursday, commence hearing on the motion on notice filed by the Federal Government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, challenging the strike embarked upon by organised labour.
Bosede-Haastrup added, “The court has only given an order which is binding on the parties that have appeared before the court, that is, AGF, NLC and TUC.
“The court has not made any pronouncement on any civil society groups because they are not before the court. From the above explanation, it is clear that the court did not go out of its way to make any pronouncement on oil subsidy removal.”
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