The Senate Wednesday directed the management of the National Judicial Institute (NJI) to recall forthwith, 18 of its personnel that were considered wrongfully sacked.
According to a report of the Committee on Ethics, Public Petitions and Privileges, presented and adopted at plenary, 39 staff of NJI had petitioned the committee, alleging wrongful termination of their appointments.
However, the Senate turned that the committee’s recommendation that 19 other affected staff should also be recalled.
The committee noted that the 18 people were not indicted by the report of the Board of Governors of the Institute that looked into the matter.
The committee’s recommendation for payment of their “full entitlements up to date,” be paid 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.
The chairman of Ethics and Privileges Committee, Ayo Akinyelure, said that “there was crisis amongst members of staff of the NJI which led to witch-hunting and petition writing to discredit each other.
“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,” the report states in part.
