Case Of Dismissed Staff Of Plateau Tertiary Institutions Challenging Gov.Mutfwang ,Govt ,,” Adjourned To  2nd May For Hearing “

Yakubu Busari

The  Plateau State tertiary institutions  have filled an originating summon seeking order of the court to stop the conduct of the screening and interviewing of fresh candidates to replace them , that  government action is illegally done to  terminated their appointment pending the determination of the suit .

In their separate suits before ,Hon Justice I.S .Galadima of  National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) by Nguerep Banging Bitrus & 36 ors challenging Governor of Plateau & 2 ors . NICN/Jos /6/2024  for motion ,2.NICN /JOS/7/2024 ,Bulus Gorge Lambert &55 ors ,3 NICN /JOS/8/2024,Dake Emmanuel Chendu &99 ors ,4NICN/JOS/2024  ,Wulkwap Hoomen Danjuma ,5 NICN /JOS/10/2024  respectively.q

The Claimant/Applicants ,Barr Nantok  Dashuwar told the court that the respondents was not served with the originating summon and motion on notice which was dated   9th April,2024 , we also have an application filed on 21st March,2024 , saying the originating summon dated 13th Day of March,2024 and Motion on notice 21st Day of March 2024 all were yet to be served on Tertiary institutions as the 3rd respondents.

According to him, he filled an interlocutory injunction to prevent the defendants as they are seeking the order of the court to restrain the respondents from embarking on the current employment exercise to replace those suspended.

Dashuwar said ,he filed a suit on behalf of the employees of the Tertiary institutions whom he said they were employed sometimes in 2002 upon assessment they now instituted the present suit challenging Governor Caleb Mutfwang and Plateau State Government the respective institutions  that their appointment was terminated without the due process of law

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However, best on the termination they have approached court to challenge the exercise by so doing they’re contesting the power of governor in terminating the employment of the staff of Tertiary institutions under which authority he did that.

The matter was adjourned to the 2nd Day of May ,2024 for a hearing because we applied an injunction restraining the various institutions and to restrain them from proceeding with the screening and interviewing fresh graduates to replace his clients,he said.

Dashuwar stated ,” These people  are currently employed so we are asking government not proceed to conduct interview for recruitment when we have pending case in court that is basically their applications because we couldn’t let  the institutions but  stop the exercise because they court already adjourned to 2nd May .

” The various institutions in Plateau State include, College of Education Gindiri , Plateau State Polytechnic , College of art Science and Technology Agriculture Garkawa , College of Health Pankshin , College of Health Zawan ,.

” What they have come here in court to do is to challenge the power of government to terminate their employment .

” We are asking the court to interpret laws ,we are asking the court to interpret the laws that established the institutions and instrument use in employing visa verse the use in terminating their employment so the court will look at this reasons by virtues of press releases landing sacking and dismissing them .

” Our originating summon was to stop and prevent Governor and his agents from going ahead with the decision of employing those that are to replace them so we asked the court to set aside that is why we are in court,”Dashuwar stated.

An National Industrial Court of Nigeria  sitting in Jos , Plateau state, on Monday adjourned application by tertiary institutions  to serve  its earlier suit instituted against the government

Meanwhile, the Tertiary institutions through its counsel, Nantok Dashuwar, on Monday  told the the court that his clients are seeking to bring into focus the Law establishing institutions enacted by the Plateau State House of Assembly, while the originating summons seeking to stop the replacement of old staff   pending.

Dashuwar explained further that he sought by his client, principally the interpretation of some provisions of the  Act that established the institutions vis-a-vis .