Wrongful dismissal: Court adjourns Usin, Union Bank’s suit to February

Justice Rabi Gwandu of the National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Lagos has fixed February 16, 2023 to hear a suit filed by a former staff of Union Bank, Mrs. Edaeftite Usin for wrongful dismissal and victimization by the bank.

Mrs. Usin in the suit marked NICN/LA/239/2022 is asking the court to declare that the sum of N854, 632.00 representing the Claimant’s 1 (One) month Salary in lieu of Notice payable to the Claimant by the Defendant for constructive/wrongful dismissal of the Claimant from the Defendant’s employment.

Also, that the sum of N86, 000, 000.00, being the cumulative salary of the Claimant for a period of 4 (Four) years at the rate of N21, 500, 000.00 per annum had the Claimant been promoted (As she ought to have been) to the position of a Senior Manager since 2016.

The sum of N50, 000, 000.00 (Fifty Million Naira) being the cumulative salary of the Claimant for a period of 2 (Two) years at the rate of N25, 000, 000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Naira) per annum had the Claimant been promoted (As she ought to have been) to the position of a Principal Manager since 2020.

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An Order awarding the sum of N120, 000, 000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Million Naira) as exemplary damages against the Defendant for the traumas caused the Claimant by the many years of denial of promotion, sustained victimization and discrimination by the Defendant and for cutting short the Claimant’s otherwise promising career in the banking industry via the Claimant’s constructive dismissal from employment with effect from 11th March 2021.

Cost of this suit is the sum of N5, 000, 000.00 (Five Million Naira) incurred by the Claimant as Solicitors fee in connection with this suit.

The claimant in an application was employed by the defendant on 14th August 2009 as a Deputy Manager in the Quality Assurance Department of the Defendant bank.

“That the Claimant suffered several discriminatory, undeserved, unjustified acts of sustained victimization and denial of promotion at the hands of the Defendant and was constructively dismissed by the Defendant from the Defendant’s employment contrary to the contract of employment extant between the Parties and against international labour law and global best practices.

Justice Rabi Gwandu adjourned the case to February 16, for the hearing of all pending applications.