The Court of Appeal in Abuja will hear the appeal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against the ruling made by the National Industrial Court today.

ASUU had on September 23, 2022, filed 14 grounds for appeal against the ruling of Justice Hamman Polycarp of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, which ordered that the striking lecturers go back to work.

The temporary injunction directing the striking lecturers to resume work followed an application the Federal Government filed through its lawyer, Mr James Igwe.

Justice Polycarp ruled that the order was both in the national interest and for the sake of undergraduates in the country that had been at home since February 14.

He declared that the strike action was detrimental to public university students that couldn’t afford to attend private tertiary institutions.

ASUU had, however, said it was totally “dissatisfied with the decision” of the trial court which it said should not only be stayed from being executed, but also set aside in its entirety.”

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