The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has notified the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC that their June 3 planned strike action is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.
He has therefore warned them to shelve the strike and return to the negotiation table so as not to run foul of the law guiding labour dispute. In a letter to the leadership of the two workers' umbrella bodies on the consequences of their actions in respect of the planned strike, the AGF faulted the mode of its declaration as being in gross violation of the labour laws.
He said the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which barred the NLC and TUC from going on strike is still in force and binding on all parties in the labour dispute. The letter personally signed by the AGF emphasized that the order of the court had not been appealed by the NLC and TUC neither was it stayed or set aside and counselled the worker's leaders to respect the subsisting court order.
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