Following discovery of discrepancies in the report used by the management of the National Judicial Institute to sack 18 staff, the Senate on Wednesday asked for their recall.
In its report presented and adopted at the plenary, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Public Petitions and Privileges, noted that the affected staff were not indicted by the report of the Board of Governors of the Institute.
Thirty-nine staff of the Institute had petitioned the committee, accusing the management of wrongful termination of their appointments.
Consequently, Senate resolved that the 18 staff should be immediately recalled to duty with “full entitlements up to date,” noting that their names were swapped with those indicted.
According to the report presented at plenary, those expected to be recalled are: Mrs. Rosemary Emodi, Ayuba Musa, Wale Akinbola, Esetuwagbau Steven, Fadeyi O. Emmanuel, Ramat Popoola Shittu, Awoyale Yinka Michael and Mrs. Bola Ajiboye.
Others are: Muili Jubril Adekunle, Yahaya Mohammed, Afolabi Moses, Mrs. Mary Nelson, Miss Yemisi Oloyi, Mrs. Immaculator Inyang, Olajide Tunde, Bamidele Olusola, Mrs. Dorcas M. Delight and Ms. W.A. Adesina.
Ayo Akinyelure, who chairs the committee, told his colleagues that “there was crisis amongst members of staff of the NJI which led to witch-hunting and petition writing to discredit each other.”
However, the Senate turned down the recommendation that the Board of Governors of the Institute should reinstate another 19 staff that were also said to have been wrongfully sacked.
The report states in part: “The committee observed that 18 out of the dismissed staff were not indicted by the report but their names were swapped with the indicted staff of the Institute, whereas those who were indicted by the report but perceived to be loyal to the Administrator were retained in the service of NJI.”
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