*Claim federal government suppressed material facts, misled judge Alex Enumah in Abuja The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have asked the National Industrial Court, Abuja,
The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have asked the National Industrial Court, Abuja, to set aside its interim order that stopped the two bodies from embarking on their planned industrial action on June 7, against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Tinubu administration.
But the NLC and TUC in a Motion on Notice dated June 7, filed June 8, by their lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, are claiming that the suit by the federal government and the reliefs sought offend the lucid provisions of Section 254C of the 1999 Constitution and section 7 of the National Industrial Court Act 2006, and thus, the ex-parte order should be set aside.
While stating that the federal government suppressed material facts before the court and thereby misled the court in granting the exparte reliefs sought and obtained, the respondents argued: “In the circumstances and under established judicial authorities, as well as extant rules of the court, the claimants suit as presently constituted against the defendant is liable to be dismissed or struck out for want of jurisdiction and the ex parte order set aside.
“That in September, 2020, an industrial dispute arose over the decision of the 1st Claimant/Applicant to deregulate the downstream oil sector of the petroleum industry inter alia. “That further to paragraph 9 above, it was agreed that the NNPC shall expedite the rehabilitation of the nation’s four refineries located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna and to achieve 50% completion for Port Harcourt by December 2021, while timelines and delivery for Warri and Kaduna will be established by the inclusive steering Committee.”
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