President of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, Justice Benedict Kanyip, has dismissed a suit filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), challenging the registration of the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions by the Federal Government.
Gatekeepers News reports that Justice Kanyip, while delivering judgment on Tuesday, held that Section 27 of the Trade Union Act allows for more than one trade union in employment.
Hemaintained that the section does not depict trade monopoly.
The court held that the then Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and the registrar of Trade Union had the right to register NAMDA and CONUA to co-exist with ASUU.
The court further held that ASUU did not present any evidence before it to show the complete registration of CONUA and NAMDA when it filed the suit.
