Strike will be called off in days, ASUU lawyer Falana says

Senior Advocate of Nigerian, Femi Falana has expressed optimism that the lingering strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off in days and not weeks.

The Senior Advocate stated this at the book launch entitled Breaking Coconut With Your Head, by Lanre Arogundade on Monday in Lagos

He stated that it is likely that the strike will be concluded outside the courtroom.

Meanwhile, The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, to respect the stipulations of the Trade Unions Act regarding registration of new trade unions where one already exists by withdrawing the certificates of registration he recently issued to the two newly created unions that were previously part of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

NLC also presented evidence that the Labour Ministry had in 2013 under former Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu and the Registrar of Trade Union, Mrs N. Mbogu, turned down the registration of Academic Staff Union of Inter-University Centres who were members of an already existing Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI).