The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, wants to jail striking workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) over their alleged disobedience of the court order.
The alleged disobedience by the workers arose from resumption of their strike despite an order of the court issued on January 27, stopping the strike until the determination of the suit instituted against them by the FCT Minister.
Wike today applied for a National Industrial Court order, which spells out the consequences of violating the order of court, to be served on the striking workers.
Justice Emmanuel Sublimi of the National Industrial Court had on January 27 held that industrial action, including strikes, must be suspended once a dispute has been referred to the National Industrial Court.
Although the striking workers predicated their resumption on the notice of appeal filed at the Court of Appeal against the ruling of Justice Sublimi, Wike’s legal team rejected the claim.
