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CIVIL SERVICE TECHNICAL WORKERS UNION OFNIGERIA AND PLATEAU AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, JOS IN RE: AGRICULTURALAND ALLIED WORKERS UNION OF NIGERIA (NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT) HON. JUSTICE (CHIEF) P.A ATILADE - PRESIDENT CHIEF M.A. BORISADE - MEMBER E.O. OLOWU, ESQ. - MEMBER SUIT NO: NIC/3/93 DATE OF RULING - WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER, 1994 LABOUR LAW -Trade dispute - Joinder of - Parties thereto - Application for - When will be granted. TRADE DISPUTE - Joinder of party to trade dispute - Application for - When will be granted. ISSUE: Whether the Applicant made out a case to be joined as a party to the appeal before the National Industrial Court. FACTS: The Applicant, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of Nigeria, applied to be joined as Respondent in an appeal between the Appellant and the Respondent in the National Industrial Court. The Applicant stated that the employers of the Respondent were members of the Applicant, and that there was already pending an appeal between the Appellant and the Applicant. The issue in dispute between the Applicant and the Appellant was as to which of the unions was entitled to have the check-off dues paid into its coffers. HELD: (Granting the application). On when application for joinder will be granted - An application for joinder would succeed if multiplicity of proceedings would be avoided if the application is granted. Thus, the application for joinder in this case was granted.