 The National Industrial Court of Nigeria and ICN has a joint fee sued filed by the federal government challenging the ongoing strike by the academic staff union of universities ASU dated 16th of September for full dimension. At Monday's proceedings, the socio-economic rights and accountability project SIRAP sought to join the suit as an interested party as its lawyer, Ebon Oluwa, said that his client had filed a similar suit asking the courts to compel the federal government to honor his 2009 agreement with the striking vaste lecturers. The action of the federal government is totally condemnable in trying to abandon the negotiations that commenced already and not allowing that process to go through. We have filed an action on the 8th of September before the same national industrial court asking the court to compel the government to respect and enforce the agreement that is pending and binding on the parties because we are not giving a good impression to the entire world if you really enter into agreements and then for one reason or the other one party to that agreement is not willing to abide by it and is trying to use force and that's why it's important that we believe that the court would intervene to ensure that that agreement remains enforceable and then once that is done we can then talk about how lecturers can go back to the universities and then this course will open because the state of the universities presently is totally decrepit. I am working with a lot of alumni in my own former university building hostels doing a lot of things to ensure that the welfare of students and lecturers is something that can be proud of. We can allow a system whereby government abandons its own responsibilities and then the money that is supposed to be used for infrastructure and the education of our children are being embezzled. How much is that so asking for? What does it take to build the universities? So we believe that those of us who went through those universities it was because of the commitment of government that we were able to attend those schools and we came out. But if other governments lie to Johnny Gizali or so a senior advocate of Nigeria opposed Adeburua's application to consolidate the suits when he told the judge that Siraab's application was premature as the case was built for mention on Monday. Of your various organizations, you can't dictate to your organization how you would debate. Your organization can decide to give you a check, can decide to pay direct into your account. One of their major issues is the issue of payment through either IPKS or UTAs. We are saying that that cannot be dictated to government. We reserve the right to pay the way we believe is most appropriate in the circumstances. The 2009 settlement has been resettled in 2020. They are avoiding that of 2020 and always talking about the 2009. By the time we file all the necessary things, you will have each to see. Realting to Adeburua and Gizali's arguments, Femi Fallana, another S.A.N. who represents ASU, said that he was aware of efforts by the lawyers to file court papers in pursuit on Monday. Addressing journalists shortly after Monday's proceedings, Fallana said the Nigerian government often adopts dietary taxes that have a way of prolonging its strikes. We have new business coming here because the matter ought to be resolved by now. And the government has just set up another committee of 14 members. That was done last week. So we're expecting the report. When we just suddenly told that the government had rushed to the court. I hope it's not a reaction to the suit by Sarah. What the law envisaged was that if you didn't work, you shouldn't be paid. But if I'm saying I am going to work, you know in the past, when ASU details arrived, the members always covered lost ground and they're going to decide this time. So they shouldn't be any blackmail. Yeah. Because when the government says there's no money, but you know there's money in the country. But it's a question of priority. Does the good man, has the government given attention to education? Have we not thrown a country where agreements are served by governments under the rule of law? Because once the government has signed an agreement with ASU and is registered in the Minister of Labor, it's binding on the government. But the government has a way of violating its own commitment all the time. And that is why you have this right.