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Court Stops NASS Workers From Continuing With Strike

National Industrial Court of Nigeria has directed  the striking National Assembly under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), to suspend their strike which they embarked on to demand the payment of the accumulated allowances.

The workers have been jointly dragged to court by Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

In a ruling today, on the Order of interim injunction issued through suit number NICN/ABJ/360/2018, Justice Sanusi Kado directed the leadership of PASAN and their agents to refrain from proceeding on strike.

Saraki and Dogara, had, in their motion ex parte, filed on December 18, sought the order of the court to restrain PASAN members from proceeding on strike pending the determination of the motion on notice before it. The motion on notice was deposed to by a legal practitioner in the office of the Senate President, Sambo Ndahi.

PASAN had, on Monday, embarked on a four-day warning strike over unpaid allowances to the tune of N2.7bn.

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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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