...livered on 3rd March 2020 by His Lordship Honourable Justice 0. 0. Oyewumi to categorically exclude all the parastatals in Nigeria including Claimants (NEPA/PHCN Retirees) from the Defendant’s Trade Union. b.                     An Order that the Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding dated 13th June, 2006 constituted between the Claimants and Defendant in June l3th 2006, witnessed by th ...

...sp;      10% post judgement interest yearly until the judgement sum is fully liquidated. i.                    The sum of N300,000 being the sum expended by the Claimant to prosecute this suit. j.                    The cost of instituting this suit. 2. The Defendant jo ...

...of the Defendant; that from the budget office of the Federation, there is a document showing his name, designation, date of appointment, date of promotion and file number; that the exact amount that should accrue to him was captured in the 2nd Defendant’s budget each year and that on 09/01/2014,  a letter was written by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (Kaduna State Chapter) to the Executive Secretary, National Board of Technical Education that some of the member ...

...l for the Defendant, Ogechi Ogbonna, Esq., raised five issues as having arisen for determination in this suit, namely: 1.         That this suit is Statute barred. 2.         Whether there is privity of contract between the Claimant and the Defendant, including upon a consideration of the pleadings and evidence led by the Claimant in his Reply to the Statement of Defence that: “(5) The Claimant also sa ...

...on. 2. At the plenary trial, the Claimant testified in person by adopting his Statement on Oath as his evidence-in-chief; and tendered thirteen (13) sets of documents in evidence as exhibits. He was thereafter, cross-examined by the Defendants’ learned counsel. The Defendants, in turn fielded two witnesses. The 2nd Defendant, Prof. Hafsat R. Hamad, testified as DW1, whilst one Ramatu Mohammed, the Deputy Registrar of the 1st Defendant, testified as DW2. They both adopted their Sta ...

...after, parties explored a possibility of out of Court settlement. However, the case proceeded to trial when settlement was reported to have broken down. At the plenary trial, the Claimant testified in person and two witnesses were subpoenaed to testify for the Claimant. A total of seventeen (17) sets of documents were tendered as exhibits to further substantiate the Claimant’s case; whilst the witnesses were all subjected to cross-examination by learned Defendant’s counsel, after wh ...

...luments towards the pension scheme of the Claimant of N480, 000.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira) only per annum from January 2018 to September 2020 as provided for under the Pension Reform Act Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. g.        A DECLARATION that the Claimant is entitle to the cumulative sum of N621, 750.00 (Six Hundred and Twenty One-Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty Naira) only being the 15% and 18% of the Claimant’s deduct ...

...d by the provisions of Order 45 of the Rules of this Court. In the final address deemed filed on 24/01/2023, learned counsel for the Defendant, Fatima Abubakar, Esq., raised two issues as having arisen for determination in this suit, namely: a.                  Whether this Honourable Court has jurisdiction to hear and entertain this suit. b.         &n ...

...0 - Transport allowance- N1, 250,373.60 - Telephone subsidy- 50, 000.00 - Cost of living adjustment- N4,358,605.37    Total                               = N8,237,874.52 (iii). Quarterly benefits payable quarterly comprising of; - Dressing- N614, 726.00 - Education- N528, 482.00 - Location Allowance- N867, 959.64 ...

...nbsp;  AN ORDER of this Honourable directing the Defendant to pay 10% interest on the cumulative amount of all outstanding salaries and allowances from the date of filing this suit until the last money is paid. 6.        The cost of   N2,000,000 (Two Million Naira) only for prosecuting this suit. 3. The Defendant disputed the case of the Claimant in the Further Amended Statement of Defence filed with the leave of Court on 25/03/2022. The ...

...aira and Sixty-Five Kobo] till determination of this suit. g.         The sum of N10,000,000.00 [Ten Million Naira only] being general damages for the psychological trauma and hardship caused by 1st Defendant’s indefinite suspension, refusal to accept resignation and consequential denial of salaries, and delay to access terminal entitlements. SPECIFIC CLAIMS AGAINST THE 2ND DEFENDANT h.         A DECLARATION that Clai ...

...tatement of Defence deemed filed on 02/12/2020. The Defendants admitted that the Claimant was employed in the Communication subsidiary company of the 2nd Defendant as a Sales Representative. Essentially, the Defendants’ defence is that due to massive importation of cheap mobile phones into the country, the said company was closed; and as a result, the Claimant was disengaged from the 2nd Defendant. According to the Defendants, more than two years after the closure of the said company, the ...