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Court removes civil service in FCC, disengaged staff suit
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday removed the name of Civil Service of the Federation from a suit against the Federal Character Commission (FCC), by its seven disengaged staff suit.
Justice Edith Agbakoba in the ruling stated that the civil service as the fourth defendant in the suit was not a necessary party.
The judge also ruled that the other three defendants, comprising of the commission itself and its Executive Chairman and Dr. Mubeeba Dankaka, can proceed with the adjudication of the matter without the civil service.
The court in addition submitted that though the fourth defendant is a juristic entity that can sue and be sued, that however, in the extant suit, there is no case against it.
“The fourth defendant application for its name to be struck out from this suit is granted and the first defendant’s objection to the application is dismissed.
” The fourth defendant’s name is hereby struck out from the suit and ruling ie entered accordingly.
” The matter is adjourned until Oct. 31 and Nov.1, for hearing”, Agbakoba ruled.
From facts, the claimants who alleged that they were employed by the first defendant, FCC in 2020 and their employment terminated unlawfully dragged the defendants to court praying for their termination to be set aside.
The fourth defendant however had objected being a party in the suit and applied for its name to be removed from the suit.
The claimant’s counsel, R.N Odumegwu in response had aligned for the name to be struck out, admitting that the name was erroneously included in the suit.
The first defendant, FCC in its submission objected to the fourth defendant’s application, stating that civil service was a necessary party in the suit.
FCC argued that the commission usually receives waiver for employment from civil service and therefore that made it a necessary party that ought to be in the suit.
The court in its ruling aligned with the first defendant and claimants’ submission and struck out the fourth defendant’s name from the suit.
News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the claimants in the suit are Uzuakpundu Anita, Adebiyi Babatunde, Unogwu Elizabeth.
Others are Rahman Faosiyat, Idoko Victor, Ahmed Halimat and Awoyo Adeola.
The claimants alleged that their employment on March 30,2020, they were enrolled on Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System ( IPPIS) in June 2020 and they received their first salary in July 2020.
In addition they averred that due to the Federal Government directive of ‘ stay at home’ for civil servants on Grade level 1-12, due to covid-19 pandemic, they remained at home when public offices reopened in Aug.2020.
They added that they were not paid for Aug.2020 and by the time they demanded to know why they did not get their salaries, they were not given justifiable reasons.
According to the claimants, they only got to know about their disengagement through a notice of disengagement published in Daily Trust newspaper on March 11,2021.
They claimed every effort for them to be reinstated proved abortive, hence their instituting the suit praying for some reliefs.
Part of the reliefs sought by the claimants are; an order of court that their employment is valid and subsisting
The claimants are also seeking for an order of court for payment of their salary aggregate.
In addition, the claimants are praying for order of court directing the defendants to reinstate them to their various offices.
The defendants in response to the claimants allegation averred that the claimants’ appointment were terminated because the acting chairman of the commission when the claimants were employed did not get the mandatory waiver and approval from Civil Service Commission before they were employed.
The defendants therefore reiterated that the claimants employment did not follow due process.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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