The federal government was still negotiating with Labour leaders when it obtained the court order restraining the Labour from embarking on its planned strike over fuel subsidy removal.
and the Trade Union Congress to halt the strike they planned to embark on in protest against the removal of subsidy from Petroleum Motor Spirit .
Being an ex parte hearing, Labour representatives and their lawyers were absent from the proceedings. Citing the affidavit of the government argued by Maimuna Shiru of the Federal Ministry of Justice, the judge agreed that the strike would disrupt socio-economic activities and unleash hardship on the citizenry.
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