The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, ordered First Bank of Nigeria Plc to pay its 2015 retirees their entitlements.
Justice Sanusi Kado, delivering judgment on behalf of Justices Benedict Kanyip and Rakiya Haastrup. Justice Kado in the judgment declared that the dispute between the parties was a Trade Dispute and the Industrial Arbitration Panel, IAP, had the jurisdiction to have listened to the matter.
The judge further declared that the respondents had authorisation to sue in representative capacity.