The national industrial court in Abuja striking out a suit by the National Association of Nigerian Students against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government.
Polycarp Hamman, the presiding judge, struck out the suit following an application for withdrawal.
While ASUU was the first defendant and the attorney-general of the federation was the third defendant, the minister of education was joined as the second defendant in the suit filed by Umar Lawal, NANS president.
Lawal had asked the court for and quote “a declaration that the 1st and 2nd defendants have a superior bounden duty to ensure Nigerian students have unrestrained access to higher academic learning in the Nigerian Universities System over and above their respective economic interest howsoever called” end Quote
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, and a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.
Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government have ended in deadlock.