...ions within the Defendant’s organization. Claimant stated that by a Notice of Temporary Lay-off dated 29 October 2020, the Defendant requested the Claimant to stay at home without pay on the ground that the Defendant was renovating its Jakande, Lagos complex, being the outlet to which the Claimant was deployed at the time. Claimant further stated that by the mutual agreement of the parties, the temporary lay-off was to lapse on 31 December 2020, upon which the Claimant resumed duties wit ...

...tion robs the court of jurisdiction to entertain the claim against the Applicant.  By virtue of Section 254C (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), and Sections 7 (1), 21 and 54 of the National Industrial Court Act 2006, the National Industrial Court is vested with jurisdiction over employer-employee relationship throughout the Federation. The Applicant, a foreign company and at all material times resident or doing business Outside the jurisdictio ...

...vice benefits as shown in Schedule 1 and paragraph 31; An Order for general damages in the sum of N6,000,000.00. An Order for 21% interest on judgement sum until final liquidation of same; and An Order for N1,000,000.00 cost of action against the Defendant. In providing the factual basis of the aforementioned claims, the Claimant in paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 of the Statement of Facts, averred that pursuant to a representation allegedly made by the Defendant in 2016, he accepted ...

...;             7th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER ORGANIZING SECRETARY NUSDE) KEHINDE AKANNI                                                            8th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER COMPUTER OPERATOR NUSDE) PHIPLI ODUNAYO          &nbs ...

... to by one Abdusalam O. Salam, a Legal practitioner in the law firm of ANDRIAS & CO (Legal Practitioners), counsel to the Defendant/Respondent, attached with one Exhibit. Accompanying the counter affidavit is a written address which counsel adopted as his argument. He adumbrated and submitted that the reply on points of law filed by the Claimant/Applicant’s counsel ought not be seen as a reply on points of law, because a reply on points of law should address issues raised in the Respondent ...

...;             7th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER ORGANIZING SECRETARY NUSDE) KEHINDE AKANNI                                                            8th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER COMPUTER OPERATOR NUSDE) PHIPLI ODUNAYO          &nbs ...

...vice benefits as shown in Schedule 1 and paragraph 31; An Order for general damages in the sum of N6,000,000.00. An Order for 21% interest on judgement sum until final liquidation of same; and An Order for N1,000,000.00 cost of action against the Defendant. In providing the factual basis of the aforementioned claims, the Claimant in paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 of the Statement of Facts, averred that pursuant to a representation allegedly made by the Defendant in 2016, he accepted ...

...s the court of jurisdiction to entertain the claim against the Applicant.  By virtue of Section 254C (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), and Sections 7 (1), 21 and 54 of the National Industrial Court Act 2006, the National Industrial Court is vested with jurisdiction over employer-employee relationship throughout the Federation. The Applicant, a foreign company and at all material times resident or doing business Outside the jurisdiction of thi ...