AGF URGE NLC TO SHELVE PROPOSED STRIKE

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed nationwide protest.

In a letter addressed to the counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, the AGF said there is a subsisting order restraining the union from embarking on any industrial action.

The Attorney General further added that the foregoing issues or objectives of the NLC are at the core of the pending case before the National Industrial Court.

According to the letter, parties in the suit cannot resort to public protests over the same issues, as such conduct amounts to gross contempt and affront to the institution of our courts of law.

Therefore, the proposed nationwide protest action in all ramifications, is in clear violation of the pending interim injunctive order.