Court grants FG fresh order stopping NLC, TUC strike

Federal Government, on Friday, obtained a fresh order stopping the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from embarking on their planned strike scheduled for Monday.

Justice Ibrahim Galadima of the National Industrial Court in Abuja issued the restraining order following an ex parte application by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

This came barely 24 hours after the same judge made a similar restraining ex parte order in favour of a group, Peace and Unity Ambassadors Association, on Thursday.

Acting Director of the Department of Civil Litigation of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Maimuna Shiru, and Mr Tijjani Gazali, led the Federal Government’s team, who moved the ex parte application that was later granted by Justice Galadima on Friday.

The NLC and TUC had jointly said they would embark on a nationwide strike on Monday to press for the reversal of the recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price.

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