Justice Kanyip sworn in as Acting President Nat. Industrial Court

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, today
Wednesday 2nd September 2019 swore in Hon. Justice Benedict kanyip
as the Acting President National Industrial Court of Nigeria.

The ceremony took place at the Ceremonial Court of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory Abuja.

The Immediate past President of the Court, Hon. Justice
Babatunde Adejumo OFR retired from the bench on attaining the
mandatory retirement age of 65.

Justice Kanyip trained as a lawyer at Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria and attended Nigerian Law School, Lagos, Nigeria.

After one-year NYSC, His Lordship took up a teaching appointment
as a lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law at his alma mater
in 1987; and rose to the position of Lecturer II before leaving in
1992 for the National Commission for Colleges of Education as Legal
Adviser in the rank of Principal Legal Officer.

In 1995, he was appointed Senior Research Fellow by the Nigerian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and rose through this
appointment to the rank of Associate Research Professor of Law in
2000 when he joined the Court. Professor Kanyip is the author of
numerous journal articles in the areas of consumer law, tax law,
labour law and commercial law, and also author of the book,
Consumer Protection in Nigeria: Law, Theory and Policy (2005) and a
joint author of the text, Elements of Commercial Law (1994).

Justice Kanyip is a member, Nigerian Bar Association, Fellow,
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Life Member and Deputy
President II, Nigerian Society of International Law. He is a
contributing editor of several academic law journals.