The National Industrial Court in Yola has ordered the Taraba State Government and other defendants to pay ₦108.5 million to 18 former employees of the Taraba Publishing Company Limited over unpaid entitlements and discrimination based on their states of origin.
James Fishim, Presiding Judge of the Yola Judicial Division, delivered the judgement on 24 June in Suit No. NICN/JOS/12/2021.
The copy of the judgement was just made public.
The court held that the workers, including journalists, were unlawfully excluded from absorption into the Taraba State Civil Service because they were not indigenes of the state.
The suit was filed by Hosea Yunana and 17 others against the Governor of Taraba State and four other defendants.
