NewStats: 3,265,426 , 8,186,701 topics. Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 09:33 PM h5w65

The Federal Government on Wednesday filed a contempt proceeding against the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, for allegedly embarking on an industrial action contrary to a June 5, 2023, exparte order by the National Industrial Court, NIC.

The “notice of consequences of disobedience to order of court” filed before NIC in Abuja, was addressed to NLC President, Joe Ajaero; Deputy Presidents, Audu Aruba, Prince Adeyanju Adewale and Kabiru Sani; General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja; TUC President, Engr Festus Usifo; Scribe/ Chief Executive, Nuhu Toro.

The contempt notice signed by Senior Registrar, Balogun Olajide, reads: “Take notice that unless you obey the directions contained in the order of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, delivered by Honourable Justice Y. Anuwe on June 5, 2023, as per the attached enrolled order, you will be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to Prison.”

The FG also attached a copy of the exparte order made by Justice Anuwe on June 5, 2023, to the notice of contempt proceeding forwarded to the NLC and TUC officials.

The order reads in part: “Having therefore considered the totality of this application, I make the following orders: The defendants/Respondents are hereby~ restrained from embarking on the planned Industrial Action/or strike of any nature pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice dated June 5, 2023.

“It is ordered that the defendant/Respondents be immediately served with the originating processes in this suit, the Motion on Notice and the order of this court hereby made.

“The Motion on Notice is hereby fixed for hearing for June 19, 2023. The Hearing Notices to that effect shall be served on the defendants/Respondent along with the other processes.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/breaking-fg-files-contempt-proceeding-against-nlc-tuc-over-protests/

Not good.

I believe that the FG under Tinubu is out to suffocate the poor

Mtchew

Ori gbogboyin ti da ru

001Lagos:
Mtchew

May your hate not consume you

IconicR:
May your hate not consume you

You want to beat up a child and still make sure the child doesn't cry

Are you a human being or a witch ?

E be like sey Tinubu and the people in his illegitimate government and ers are bunch of witches

FG has time to sue NLC but can't be present for meetings for the past 2 months. wonderful

IconicR:
May your hate not consume you

Shatap
You are the one that is reeling with hatred mumu

IconicR:
May your hate not consume you

May propaganda not kee you

Nigeria Labour Congress is a political party. They are not to be taken serious.

Sai Atiku

Na which Attorney General dey in charge now sef wey go claim to dey file this nonsense...

The contraption is running on autopilot.

2mercy:





https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/breaking-fg-files-contempt-proceeding-against-nlc-tuc-over-protests/

Nlfpmod

One minute, BAT is holding meeting with NLC/TUC, next moment FG taking them to court. Typical of dubious people.

The entire country deserves to be shut down.

Protests and strike are not the same thing na.

Nothing go happpen to out comerades

Tinubu will trap them with jail . Some Nigerians ing Tinubu on this one, because TUC and NLC leaders flopped after raising the hopes of Nigerians to high heaven that the protest will be a fight to finish, instead they ran to fight another after small Egunje for pocket. But that another may not come, because they may end up in kirikiri prison.

They've not even started.

The last time Nigerians stood up against SARS, we all saw how it went.

A time will come, very soon, when Nigerians will rise against "the government", when that time comes, we'll see who they'll be filing these court cases on. The same courts that the government doesn't obey.

Everyone flouting court directives with reckless abandon.

The court has to make scapegoats out of some people. But then who is going to effect the Court order?

Has Emefiele been released to the Correctional Center?

I love Niger

After sharing money

And u want to still negotiate with them?

I am confused here...why negotiate or agree to meet with the NLC on one hand, and filing contempt charges against them on the other hand?

This govt is a big joke . They don't obey court order but want citizens to obey

The same government who doesn't obey court order

APC is a criminal party aje they are ready to deliver this renewed shege at all cost

H

People wey dey ment

Confused winchy illegitimate government. Dem wan suffocate everybody but dem go shock with wetin go sup.

Tinubu will be worse than Buhari.

After the hailings from NLC 🤣

2day42moro:
The entire country deserves to be shut down.

It has already started in the east with every Monday shutdown..... please let it end in the east.

2mercy:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/breaking-fg-files-contempt-proceeding-against-nlc-tuc-over-protests/

And the nlc chairman was talking yen yen, why go back to work with just promises, where these promises not made before the strike? Why did u still embark on the strike. Let me tell you. All of this is planned. Government ways of controlling the masses. The secrecy in government is what many people don't understand, it's all a plan by the government and nlc to keep Nigerians in this path. The protest today believe was just a government control measure. They don't want the real protesters to take over the streets as they noticed in some state already. How can portharcourt refinery start work in less than six moths, are they repairing a car engine? Must they lie? Abegiii