Court Awards ₦108.5m to 18 Workers over Discrimination

Court awards ₦108.5m to 18 workers over discrimination

The court held that the workers, including journalists, were unlawfully excluded from absorption into the Taraba State Civil Service because they were not indigenes of the state.

“State Cannot Use Indigene Status To Discriminate Against Workers” — Court Awards ₦103.2m Against Taraba Govt

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yola has declared that the exclusion of Mr Hosea and 17 other non-indigenous employees of the Taraba Publishing Company from redeployment into the Taraba State Civil Service on the basis of their states of origin was unconstitutional and discriminatory. The court consequently ordered the Executive Governor of Taraba State, […] The post “State Cannot Use Indigene Status To Discriminate Against Workers” — C…