The National Industrial Court has ruled that the University of Ibadan should reinstate a dismissed lecturer Ms Adenike Ogunshe and pay her the sum of N13 million.
Ms Ogunshe, until her dismissal from office, was a senior lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, she was laid off by the institution on the grounds of her refusing to vacate her office to another one.
Delivering the judgment on Monday, Justice John Peters stated that the university failed to comply with the rules and regulations guiding the employment relationship concerning the termination of Ms Ogunshe’s appointment.
Adding that the relocation of office that led to the termination of the claimant’s appointment began in 2006 and was left hanging until 2013 when the claimant was issued a query.
The judge said that the court realised that the issue was escalated by the claimant’s insistent that rules and regulations be followed in the head of the department’s appointment.
Including following rules regarding students who did not attend classes being allowed to sit final examinations against the institution’s known laid down rules and regulations.
Mr Peters remarked that the termination of Ms Ogunshe’s appointment by the institution was unlawful, null, void, and of no effect for non-compliance with the applicable rules.
The judge went ahead to set aside the letters of termination of appointment issued on June 14, 2016, and August 15, 2016, by the university to Ms Ogunshe.
He ordered the immediate reinstatement of Ms Ogunshe to her position as senior lecturer in the department of microbiology of the institution without loss of benefits, prerequisites of office, promotion, and remunerations.
The judge further ordered the institution to pay Ms Ogunshe N13,607,028, being her salary arrears from August 15, 2016, to the date of the judgment.
“I order and direct the defendants to pay the claimant all her arrears of salaries from the date of termination of her appointment till the date of this judgment,” Mr Peters said.
The judge also decreed that the institution should pay N200,000 as the cost of the legal proceedings.
Court Orders UI to pay ₦13m and Reinstate an Unlawfully Dismissed Lecturer
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