Planned Industrial Action Not In Violation Of Any Court Order – NLC

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The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that its planned industrial action did not violate any court order as claimed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.

The National President of the group, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in a statement obtained by Africa Investigative Magazine on September 30, 2023.

Ajaero said the AGF had displayed acts of partisanship, which should not be found in a holder of the office, who was expected to uphold the freedom and rights of the citizens to protest.

Ajaero stated, “We find it curious that Mr Lateef Fagbemi, a thorough-bred professional, could indulge in this kind of talk.

“We are shocked that Mr Lateef Fagbemi is referring to a restraining order issued on June 5 through a motion ex parte, which the Ministry of Justice in a formal statement had said lapsed due to non-diligent prosecution. Which order could Fagbemi be talking about here? We demand to know.

“We similarly, find it necessary to remind Fagbemi that equating a restraining order to a perpetual injunction will do no small damage to our legal/judicial system. For once, we find it appropriate to reveal to the world that the court refused to sit during the pendency of the order to take our response to that order.

“Even though we would not want to be drawn into details here, representatives of the Federal Government on the National Steering Committee are on record to have said in the Villa that their mandate did not extend to subsequent increments (of petrol pump price) after the one of N187-N537 thus differentiating between the issues for which the order (that has since run out of time) was issued.”