Court orders Kogi govt to pay civil servants salary
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the court went further to order the restoration of the claimants monthly salary of n153298 from march 2014 till date within one month1 by glory abuh-adejoh1 onoja had approached the court to seek redress when he was told that his salary was stopped because he had attained the compulsory retirement age1 justice david isele in his judgment held that evidence before the court showed that the claimant had not reached the mandatory retirement age of 601 isele also said neither has the claimant spent 35 years in service as required by civil service rule before retirement1 the national industrial court abuja on friday ordered the kogi government to pay a civil servant ameh onoja whose salary was stopped in march 20141 daniel onuh the claimants counsel told the court that his client was born on oct. 1 19601 onuh also said the claimant joined the civil service in 1983 as a class teacher with the benue government and in 1995 transferred his service to kogi1 onuh said his client is still serving as the vice principal academics of ogugu community secondary school in olamaboro local govt. area of kogi state1 he said since no disciplinary action has been instituted against the claimant for any misconduct and he has not received any dismissal letter he is entitled to his salary from when it was stopped till date1 also joined in the suit are the kogi civil service and ministry of justice1