...E CLAIMANT Claimant maintains in his averments that he was constructively discharged or dismissed from the employment by the Defendant when he was unjustly demoted without any disciplinary action prior to his demotion and he was issued warning letters after his demotion, even he was appreciated for performing excellently in discharge of his duty a month prior to his demotion. Claimant stated that his salary was reduced and he was subjected to unfair labour practice and further to t ...

...0.00 (Two Million Naira Only) as cost of this action.   The Defendant filed his its statement of Defence dated and filed on 5th of August,2024 a companied with all necessary processes. CASE OF THE CLAIMANT Claimant maintains in his averments that he was constructively discharged or dismissed from the employment by the Defendant when he was unjustly demoted without any disciplinary action prior to his demotion and he was issued warning letters after his demotion, even he w ...

...;   The Claimant/Applicant opened her case on the 10th day of March, 2025 and testified on her own behalf as sole witness. The witness tendered 13 documents which were marked into evidence as Exhibits OA 1– OA 13. 2.      One of the documents tendered by the witness showed the contributory insurance due to the Claimant and other members of staff. This document was marked into evidence as Exhibit OA 9. 3.      Upon cross exam ...

...to the Defendant/Respondent’s counter affidavit. In response, the Defendant/Respondent counsel Olumide Oyewole Esq, submitted that he filed 14 paragraphs counter affidavit on 19th May, 2025, deposed 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 submit ...

... and remains an employee entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges of Osun State Government. g) Whether the letters of the Ministry of Finance of Osun State Government dated 12th January, 2024 and 26th March, 2024 duly signed by one Wole Ajewole for Permanent Secretary terminating or purporting to terminate the employment of the Claimant as Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Osun State Debt Management Office is not ultra vires the termination powers of Osun State Governm ...

... (twenty one) days and in Abuja for 2 (two) days) is wrongful, irregular, unwarranted and is violative of the Claimant’s right to dignity of his human person and right to personal liberty as respectively enshrined in Sections 34(1)(a) and 35(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as altered). 6.       AN ORDER directing the Defendant to pay to the claimant the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Naira) being general damages ...

...averment contained that the claimant was not promoted in 2017 as claimed as the purported letter was forged. After all the claimant was investigated by the police in relation to some funds of the company and the claimant was joined to the charge now still pending before the court. The defendant counter-claims the sum paid for counsel to defend the suit and expenses of N5,000,000 and also N5,000,000 as general, punitive and exemplary damages. TRIAL Having stated the background o ...

..., he requested his Solicitor to write and the letter was done on 14/12/2023. The letter was responded to by the defendant’s solicitor on 16/1/2024 asking the claimant to withdraw the letter failing which the defendant threatened to institute an action against the claimant. The defendant, then on 15/3/2024 sought for recovery of the premises which the claimant was in occupation. The defendant failed in the legal process of recovering the premises but instead, the defendant was said to hav ...

...e comments and or reference about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry about the Claimant during the period of his employment with the Defendant. vii.  AN ORDER directing the Defendant to refund to the Claimant the alleged tax liabilities in the sum of N1,054,029.76(One Million, Fifty-Four Thousand- and Twenty-Nine-naira, seventy-six kobo) which the Defendant wrongfully deducted from the Claimantâ ...

...before the unlawful termination of his employment) for the period beginning from December 9, 2020, until his employment is properly terminated. vi.  AN ORDER restraining the Defendant whether by itself, its officers, servants, agents, privies, and or representatives or howsoever described from making any unwarranted negative comments and or reference about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry abo ...

...nce about the Claimant to any person or persons including associates, business partners or future employers or regarding any enquiry about the Claimant during the period of his employment with the Defendant.  AN ORDER directing the Defendant to refund to the Claimant the alleged tax liabilities in the sum of N1,054,029.76(One Million, Fifty-Four Thousand- and Twenty-Nine-naira, seventy-six kobo) which the Defendant wrongfully deducted from the Claimant’s terminal benefits. A ...

...nbsp;                 5th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER SAGS NUSDE) 6. CHARLES NWACHUKWU                                               6th DEFENDANT/APPLICANT (FORMER SAGS NUSDE 7. ...

...ration that the Defendant’s severance of the Claimant’s employment was wrongful for failure to pay salary in lieu of notice and end-of-service severance entitlements to the Claimant as shown in Schedule 1 and paragraph 31 above.    iv.            An Order mandating the Defendant to immediately pay the Claimant the total sum of N6,810,896.99 as salary in lieu of notice and end-of-service benefits as shown in Schedule 1 ...

...In response to the defendant/applicant’s notice of preliminary objection, the claimant/respondent’s counsel filed a written address dated 21/1/2025 but filed on 23/1/2025. On 10/12/2025, when the matter came up for further hearing, counsel for the applicant, adopted his written submissions as his argument and urged the court to grant the application. In similar manner, the respondent’s counsel adopted his written address in response and against the application and urged this court ...

...ts 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 a new emplo ...

...mant was employed by the 1st defendant on 24/8/2010 as a Trainee Store Keeper and promoted to the position of Maintenance Operator vide a Letter dated 18/6/2012. Claimant until his resignation from the 1st defendant on3/1/2020, worked for approximately 9 years 5 months. Claimant contended his terms of employment are as contained in his letter of employment, job description and terms and conditions of employment of the defendants. That he is entitled to enjoy over time contributary pensions. Clai ...

... Naira Only) being the cost of this action. The defendant upon being served with the claimant’s processes, by leave of court sought for, and obtained on 21/5/2024 filed and served its statement of defence in contest to the claimant’s claim along with other accompanying processes dated 25/5/2023 and filed on 26/5/2023 encompassing the defendant’s Counterclaim. In the counterclaim, the counter-claimant seeks for the following reliefs against the claimant/defendant to the counter-cl ...

...vers that while working as an employee in the Defendant’s work place had an accident with a machine which injured his cheek while his jaw and right hand (active hand) was badly injured that made the Defendant conveyed him to hospital where he was admitted and underwent serious surgery. The Claimant claims that the Defendant abandoned him at the Hospital and his salary was subsequently reduced by approximately 50% (that is, from N32,000 to N16,000) during the period of his being in the ho ...

...e the previous court instead of starting denovo before this court, hence this proceeding. THE CLAIMANT’S CASE: The claimant’s case as can be gleaned from the processes filed, is that he was employed by the defendant as a branch manager of the defendant after he completed his driving training with the Defendant’s school. Despite rendering services to the defendant, the defendant failed and/or refused to pay the claimant his agreed monthly salary of ?50,000=00, which the Defenda ...

...ompelled the claimant to resign her employment with the 1st defendant against her will is wrongful, oppressive and an unfair labour practice in breach of section 254C (1) (f) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Article 4 of the ILO Convention No.158 of 1982. A declaration that the action of the 2nd defendant whereby the 2nd defendant compelled the claimant to resign her employment with the 1st defendant against her will amounts to a constructive discharge. A declaration that the ...

...ith a witness deposition on the 2/8/2022. On the 17/10/2022, the claimant filed a reply to the statement of defence along with a further witness deposition on the 17/10/2022. Hearing in this suit commenced on the 25/6/2024. The claimant testified as CW1. He adopted his witness depositions and went on to tender the following documents in evidence;   Offer of appointment is Exhibit CW-1 Letter date 19/10/2001 is Exhibit CW-2 Contract of service is Exhibit CW-3 Union Ba ...

...e of cause of action 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 ...

...aths of the claimant were filed on the same day. In essence pleadings were filed, exchanged and closed. CLAIMANT’S CASE It is the case of the claimant as per her pleadings and evidence given that as a qualified and registered nurse in Nigeria, she was employed by the 1st defendant in March, 2021 and that upon the said employment, her appointment was permanented and regularized from temporary to a permanent one by a letter dated 20/8/2021.      While at wo ...

...dated October 19, 2022, which the Defendant accepted by its email of the same day. Claimant maintained that the Defendant did not pay the Claimant’s October 2022 salary and failed to remit her pension contributions for July to October 2022 to Stanbic IBTC. Legal demand letter by Messrs G. U Ukachi & Co and subsequent interventions by the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to the defendant were ignored by the Defendant. Despite OPD’s intervention in July 2023, the Defendant&rsqu ...