Strike: Saraki sues National Assembly Workers

Nigeria's Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has sued workers of the
National Assembly for embarking on an industrial action over unpaid
allowances.

In a an ex-parte motion issued by the National Industrial Court of
Nigeria in Abuja, and which was signed by the Assistant Chief
Registrar, Hauwa Yakubu, Esq., the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara sought
a restraining order stopping the workers under the Parliamentary Staff
Association of Nigeria (PASAN) from proceeding on strike.

The "order of interim injunction", issued through suit No.
NICN/ABJ/360/2018 dated 18th December, 2018, directed the leadership
of PASAN and their agents to refrain from proceeding on strike.

It states inter alia:

"An order of interim injunction restraining all the defendants
/respondents, particularly their agents, provides, servants, however
called from taking steps to proceed or proceeding on strike, pending
the determination of the motion. "

"An interim injunction restraining PASAN, their agents, privies,
servants from giving directives to their members to proceed or
proceeding on strike."

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria in the National
Assembly on Monday embarked on a four-day warning strike over unpaid
allowances to the tune of N2.7 billion.

We reports also that PASAN members were stopped from gaining access to
the National Assembly on Wednesday when President Muhammadu Buhari
presented the 2019 appropriation bill.