President of the National Industrial Court
Honourable Justice Babatunde Adejumo OFR has dismissed speculations
that the death of two judges of the NIC over the past two weeks may
have been caused by delayed payment of salaries and deplorable
working environment.
Justice Adejumo argued that the deaths were coincidental,
natural and not triggered by either load of work, poor salary
earnings or delayed salary payments. According to him, the National
Industrial Court of Nigeria, is one of the superior courts of
record, and judicial officers in this court earn their salaries
through National Judicial Council (NJC) that collects such funds on
first line charge. He said, “We are not owing our judicial
officers, and indeed our workers, any salaries, just as no judicial
officer is suffering from any work over-loads.”
“Those deaths are natural just as the sequence or frequency you
talked about are coincidental. There is nothing untoward about any
death. Once it is time there is little or nothing anyone can do
about it’’.
Those who spoke to Leadership Newspaper said the development
could be as a result of either delayed payment or poor salaries and
wages earned by the judges. Justice Adejumo described the purported
claims “In all its totality, as False.
His Lordship, Hon. Justice B. A. Adejumo maintains that National
Industrial Court of Nigeria, as usual will continue to put in top
priority the welfare of all Judges and staff. The court will
continue to deploy the technique of Information Technology to ease
judicial processes for better and optimal performance in
furtherance to the accolades received as best digitalized court in
Africa.
Before the assumption of office by his
lordship, Hon. Justice B.A Adejumo
OFR as the president of the court, the court
which started in 1976, only has it presence mainly in a dilapidated
building in Lagos, and was subsequently extend to Abuja in
1990s.
The Nigerian Industrial Court (NIC) was established in 1976 to
take care of trade disputes between employers and employees,
workers and workers, trade unions and workers
and trade unions and trade unions.
For 25 years, the National Industrial Court (NIC), remained
practically moribund. The court sat only in Lagos for those years.
It was clearly unknown and its decisions and pronouncements hardly
respected. Justice Babatunde Adejumo testified: “On my assumption
of office, I realized that there was nothing on record to show how
superior the court is. Nothing to even make it the court that can
meet the yearnings and aspirations of the founding fathers.
As a result of further contentions on the status of the Court as
a superior court of record, the National Assembly vide the Third
Alteration Act, 2011,amended the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, to established the Court as a superior court
of record specifically and expressly under the Constitution. The
Court has and exercises exclusive jurisdiction in civil causes and
matters relating to labour, employment, trade unions, industrial
relations, and matters arising from workplace, the conditions of
service, including health, safety, welfare of labour, employee,
worker and matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
By virtue of Section 254C (5) of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended by the Third Alteration Act, 2011) the National Industrial
Court of Nigeria has jurisdiction and powers in criminal causes and
matters arising from any cause or matter on which jurisdiction has
been conferred on it.
“Then, whenever it rained court would not be able to sit because
the place was always water-logged.” That was in 2003. All have
changed now.
Today, under the leadership of His Lordship, Justice B. A.
Adejumo, has established court in 24 divisions and registries with
full state of arts architecture.
NICN Headquarters building situated in Abuja is to be completed
soon.
President of the National Industrial Court
Honourable Justice Babatunde Adejumo OFR has dismissed speculations
that the death of two judges of the NIC over the past two weeks may
have been caused by delayed payment of salaries and deplorable
working environment.
Justice Adejumo argued that the deaths were coincidental,
natural and not triggered by either load of work, poor salary
earnings or delayed salary payments. According to him, the National
Industrial Court of Nigeria, is one of the superior courts of
record, and judicial officers in this court earn their salaries
through National Judicial Council (NJC) that collects such funds on
first line charge. He said, “We are not owing our judicial
officers, and indeed our workers, any salaries, just as no judicial
officer is suffering from any work over-loads.”
“Those deaths are natural just as the sequence or frequency you
talked about are coincidental. There is nothing untoward about any
death. Once it is time there is little or nothing anyone can do
about it’’.
Those who spoke to Leadership Newspaper said the development
could be as a result of either delayed payment or poor salaries and
wages earned by the judges. Justice Adejumo described the purported
claims “In all its totality, as False.
His Lordship, Hon. Justice B. A. Adejumo maintains that National
Industrial Court of Nigeria, as usual will continue to put in top
priority the welfare of all Judges and staff. The court will
continue to deploy the technique of Information Technology to ease
judicial processes for better and optimal performance in
furtherance to the accolades received as best digitalized court in
Africa.
Before the assumption of office by his
lordship, Hon. Justice B.A Adejumo
OFR as the president of the court, the court
which started in 1976, only has it presence mainly in a dilapidated
building in Lagos, and was subsequently extend to Abuja in
1990s.
The Nigerian Industrial Court (NIC) was established in 1976 to
take care of trade disputes between employers and employees,
workers and workers, trade unions and workers
and trade unions and trade unions.
For 25 years, the National Industrial Court (NIC), remained
practically moribund. The court sat only in Lagos for those years.
It was clearly unknown and its decisions and pronouncements hardly
respected. Justice Babatunde Adejumo testified: “On my assumption
of office, I realized that there was nothing on record to show how
superior the court is. Nothing to even make it the court that can
meet the yearnings and aspirations of the founding fathers.
As a result of further contentions on the status of the Court as
a superior court of record, the National Assembly vide the Third
Alteration Act, 2011,amended the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, to established the Court as a superior court
of record specifically and expressly under the Constitution. The
Court has and exercises exclusive jurisdiction in civil causes and
matters relating to labour, employment, trade unions, industrial
relations, and matters arising from workplace, the conditions of
service, including health, safety, welfare of labour, employee,
worker and matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
By virtue of Section 254C (5) of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended by the Third Alteration Act, 2011) the National Industrial
Court of Nigeria has jurisdiction and powers in criminal causes and
matters arising from any cause or matter on which jurisdiction has
been conferred on it.
“Then, whenever it rained court would not be able to sit because
the place was always water-logged.” That was in 2003. All have
changed now.
Today, under the leadership of His Lordship, Justice B. A.
Adejumo, has established court in 24 divisions and registries with
full state of arts architecture.
NICN Headquarters building situated in Abuja is to be completed
soon.