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Court orders IGP, PSC to pay police constabularies four-year salary arrears
The national industrial high court in Abuja has ordered the inspector-general of police (IGP) and the Nigeria Police Service Commission (PSC) to pay police constabularies salary arrears owed since 2021.
Giving the ruling on Wednesday, Rakiya Haastrup, the presiding judge, ordered that each of the constables be paid N54,566 per month from January 2021 to May 2024.
The judge also ordered that the constabularies, having been trained, equipped, issued uniforms and identity cards, and deployed across the states and the federal capital territory (FCT), be given formal letters of appointment.
The plaintiffs, through their lawyer, Sebastine Hon, had sued the police for refusing to pay them their monthly stipends despite making them serve the nation for the past four years.
Although police authorities claimed that the service of the constabularies was voluntary, the plaintiffs tendered documents showing that at the time of their engagement, the force had agreed to give them monthly stipends commensurate to the basic allowance of a constable in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The constables told the court that denying them their stipends was not only unlawful but had put their lives in jeopardy as they could no longer meet up with basic needs.
They claimed that seven officers amongst them died due to the hazardous nature of the job.
In her judgment, Haastrup agreed with the lawyer that the plaintiffs established a contractual agreement of employment relationship between them and the police.
The judge held that based on the agreement, the plaintiffs are entitled to monthly stipends for their jobs.
Haastrup ruled that while the exact amount of stipends for the plaintiffs had not been determined by the police, they were entitled to a basic monthly allowance of N54,655 until the IGP set a fixed amount.
The judge further directed the IGP to determine and finalise the plaintiffs’ monthly allowance within two months of the judgment.
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By Gloria Ikibah
Prominent human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has been released after fulfilling his bail conditions.
Farotimi, who had been in custody over allegations of defaming Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, regained his freedom on Tuesday morning.
He is currently enroute to his home in Lagos.
Confirming the development, activist and politician Omoyele Sowore stated on X, “I am pleased to report that Dele Farotimi is no longer being held in the prison facilities of Ekiti State and is now returning home to Lagos. The struggle continues!”
Earlier, a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti granted Farotimi bail, setting conditions that included a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must be a property owner), the submission of his passport, and a restriction on granting media interviews following his release.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Following the intervention by the National Assembly leadership, the National Assembly Service Commission, NASC, has reversed the appointment of Dr Ibrahim Atiku as Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, DCNA.
The Commission has replaced Atiku with the permanent secretary [Estate and Works Directorate], Engineer Bashir Yero.
This was consequent upon the outcome of a meeting convened Monday night by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, with Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and their deputies in attendance.
Present also at the meeting were the Chairman of the NASC, Engineer Ahmed Amshi, two commissioners from NASC, and some permanent secretaries in the NASS bureaucracy.
THE CONCLAVE learnt that the high-level meeting took place in the Senate President’s residence.
Reports from the meeting said that the chairman of the NASC and his commissioners could not justify the appointment of Atiku when asked by the speaker how the choice of Atiku was arrived at.
THE CONCLAVE reports that it was at that point that the commission chairman sought the leave of the Senate President and the Speaker to ask that the permanent secretaries present should excuse them since they could not be sitting over a matter in which they had personal interest.
Upon their return to the room, after the leadership had arrived at a resolution one way or another, it was agreed that Engr. Bashir Yero of Estate and Works Directorate be appointed the DCNA, while Engr Sanda Liman of Procurement Directorate, be redeployed in Estate and Works.
The newly promoted Ibrahim Atiku [to the position of permanent secretary], as resolved and directed, should be deployed in Procurement Directorate.
The NASC is expected to formalise and/or activate the decision soonest.
Source: CONCLAVE
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