Strike: Saraki Sues National Assembly Workers

Nigeria’s Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has sued workers of
the National Assembly for embarking on industrial action over
unpaid allowances.

In 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.

DAILY POST 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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