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The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice B. A. Adejumo OFR on Sunday 16th December 2018 embarked on an unscheduled inspection, verification and fact-finding tour of the ongoing court headquarters complex.
His Lordship expressed joy and satisfaction on the space of job done and re-assured commissioning of this gigantic edifice in 2019 in order to consolidate on the gains of the judiciary.
Succinctly, the edifice when completed will provide succor and better working environment for actualization of effective and efficient justice delivery system.
At the inception of the Court in 1976, the Court was operated only in Lagos State. It spread its tentacles to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in the late 90s. However, since 2003 when His Lordship, Hon. Justice B. A. Adejumo, OFR assumed duties as President of the court, and since the passage of the National Industrial Court Act, 2006, (24) additional Judicial Divisions have been established across the six geo-political zones of the country pursuant to the powers conferred on his Lordship by section 21 (1) of the said Act .
The Court has exclusive jurisdiction in civil cases and matters relating to labour, employment, trade unions, industrial relations, national minimum wage, international best practices in labour and industrial matters, discrimination or sexual harassment at the workplace, application or interpretation of international labour standards, child labour, child abuse, human trafficking, interpretation and application of collective agreements, payment or non-payment of salaries, wages, personnel matters arising from any free trade zone in the federation, etc.
