Justice Rakiya Haastrup of Industrial Court of Abuja has stayed further proceedings in the suit filed by 110 sacked workers of Amadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Rakiya held that she was staying further proceedings in the matter in order to wait for the decision of the Court of Appeal pending application that was yet to be determined.

The judge stated at the resumed hearing of the case yesterday in Abuja that “In view of the pending motion for stay of proceedings at the Court of Appeal, this court will wait until it is determined.” The workers in the suit are seeking the garnishing of ABU’s bank accounts with the CBN and three other banks. LEADERSHIP recalls that 110 workers, whose appointments were terminated in 1996, had dragged the university to court, claiming that their appointments were wrongly terminated.