The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect.
A three-man panel of judges of tje Appellate Court led by Justice Hamman Barka, gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking the court’s permission to appeal the order of the National Industrial Court (NIC) which ordered the striking lecturers to resume duty.
The Appeal Court however granted ASUU “conditional leave to appeal the order of the Industrial Court, but insisted ASUU must obey the order of the lower court (NIC) with effect from today, October 7.
The Court held that for ASUU to file it’s notice of appeal within 7 days, it must show evidence that its members have resumed work immediately, asserting that failure to obey the resumption order, will make the appeal incompetent before Court of Appeal.