Why court ordered ASUU to call off 7-month strike
*ASUU to appeal court order on resumption today *It’s a win-win situation — NANS *Everybody’s tired of strike — Parents *FG declares no victor, no vanquished *To order VCs to reopen varsities, adds it's within ASUU's rights to appeal THE National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its over seven-month old strike. But ASUU in a swift reaction, said it would appeal the ruling today, just as the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, expressed satisfaction with the order of the court, saying students had been the major victims of the strike. Similarly, parents, under the aegis of National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, asked the government and the union to obey the ruling of the court. The court order in a ruling delivered by Justice Polycarp Hamman, followed an application the Federal Government filed for an interlocutory order to compel ASUU, which embarked on strik...