olaNL:
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the suspension of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) ongoing job recruitment pending the determination of a suit filed by one Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olajengbesi, a public interest lawyer, had commenced the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of all potential applicants to set aside the recruitment by the NNPC on the ground that it was discriminatory.

The recruitment had disqualified Nigerians above the age of 28 from applying for the vacant positions.

Olajengbesi had faulted the age criterion placed on the ongoing recruitment of the NNPC noting that it violated section 3(e)(iv) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure), 2009 which protected the public interest of Nigerians.

He had written to the then Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, on March 26, threatening to drag the organisation to court for placing discriminatory age requirement on qualified Nigerians who would have applied for the jobs advertised by the corporation.

The NNPC had invited applications from candidates for a number of positions including trainees who must not be more than 28 years as of Dec. 31, 2018, and had graduated from a university or polytechnic not earlier than 2014.

At the hearing on Oct. 18, 2019, the applicant prayed the court to ensure that justice was served on the unemployed Nigerians who needed to know their stand in the matter.

“The matter has long been before the court and the rest of the matter is at a stake and under Order 8 Rule 4 of the Article II of the African Charter of Human and People’s Right (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.


“I pray that the matter is heard together with the preliminary objection filed by the respondents in the interest of justice,” the applicant said.

When the matter was called up, the applicant’s counsel informed the court that the respondent filed his counter on Oct. 15, 2019.

In reply, the respondent informed the court that he was sick and had surgery.

The presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Tsoho (Acting Chief Justice of The Federal High Court) informed the respondent’s counsel that his counter was not properly before the court and had not been regularised.

The court in considering the urgent nature of the matter granted an adjournment for the respondents to regularise their counter.

Tsoho however, ordered that parties must maintain status quo pending the hearing of the substantive suit.

He adjourned the matter until Oct. 29, 2019, for hearing.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/court-halts-nnpc-ongoing-job-recruitment/amp/

cocococo:

If I were you, I would decline the appointment now even when APL has not come. What are you even doing in that National Assembly sef? Shey you want advice abi?

Macgyver1:


They are wasting their Time, their are other age brackets for other cadres. Abi na old men go be GTs? This case is dead on arrival.

yinka303:


He said he wants to help you all. You are all handicapped according to DBowline's interpretation ...

Etr3y:

adjourned until Oct. 29, 2019, for hearing.
Nigga which way?

olaNL:
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the suspension of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) ongoing job recruitment pending the determination of a suit filed by one Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olajengbesi, a public interest lawyer, had commenced the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of all potential applicants to set aside the recruitment by the NNPC on the ground that it was discriminatory.

The recruitment had disqualified Nigerians above the age of 28 from applying for the vacant positions.

Olajengbesi had faulted the age criterion placed on the ongoing recruitment of the NNPC noting that it violated section 3(e)(iv) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure), 2009 which protected the public interest of Nigerians.

He had written to the then Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, on March 26, threatening to drag the organisation to court for placing discriminatory age requirement on qualified Nigerians who would have applied for the jobs advertised by the corporation.

The NNPC had invited applications from candidates for a number of positions including trainees who must not be more than 28 years as of Dec. 31, 2018, and had graduated from a university or polytechnic not earlier than 2014.

At the hearing on Oct. 18, 2019, the applicant prayed the court to ensure that justice was served on the unemployed Nigerians who needed to know their stand in the matter.

“The matter has long been before the court and the rest of the matter is at a stake and under Order 8 Rule 4 of the Article II of the African Charter of Human and People’s Right (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.


“I pray that the matter is heard together with the preliminary objection filed by the respondents in the interest of justice,” the applicant said.

When the matter was called up, the applicant’s counsel informed the court that the respondent filed his counter on Oct. 15, 2019.

In reply, the respondent informed the court that he was sick and had surgery.

The presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Tsoho (Acting Chief Justice of The Federal High Court) informed the respondent’s counsel that his counter was not properly before the court and had not been regularised.

The court in considering the urgent nature of the matter granted an adjournment for the respondents to regularise their counter.

Tsoho however, ordered that parties must maintain status quo pending the hearing of the substantive suit.

He adjourned the matter until Oct. 29, 2019, for hearing.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/court-halts-nnpc-ongoing-job-recruitment/amp/

martinsfm:
at least we know the recuitment aint cancelled. From the top of ny head two things will happen om 29th, NNPC wins the case (which is likely) and urges them to speed everything up or NNPC loses which automatically means they have to now cancel the whole thing. Just thinking. The funny thing is, with everyone's sources no one knew NNPC were going to court.. smh

Robocorp:
The punk lawyer is just looking for cheap popularity and probably some oil money
The former GGM Group public affairs actually addressed this issue when it first came up even before the CBT test.
Our APL may be delayed, but I don't see any significant impact this Will have on the recruitment exercise

Robocorp:
The punk lawyer is just looking for cheap popularity and probably some oil money
The former GGM Group public affairs actually addressed this issue when it first came up even before the CBT test.
Our APL may be delayed, but I don't see any significant impact this Will have on the recruitment exercise

Robocorp:
The punk lawyer is just looking for cheap popularity and probably some oil money
The former GGM Group public affairs actually addressed this issue when it first came up even before the CBT test.
Our APL may be delayed, but I don't see any significant impact this Will have on the recruitment exercise

martinsfm:
at least we know the recuitment aint cancelled. From the top of my head two things will happen on 29th, NNPC wins the case (which is likely) and urges them to speed everything up or NNPC loses which automatically means they have to now cancel the whole thing. Just thinking. The funny thing is, with everyone's sources no one knew NNPC were going to court.. smh

larride:


Surprisingly no one actually read that post because nowhere was it stated that court suspend the recruitment. How can they even suspend what they have not heard in the first place.

Graduates pls READ.


Smhs

larride:


Surprisingly no one actually read that post because nowhere was it stated that court suspend the recruitment. How can they even suspend what they have not heard in the first place.

Graduates pls READ.


Smhs

klassd:

martinsfm:
guess you didnt read it

larride:


Lol. No wonder fake news sells very well in this country.

READ.

klassd:

larride:


Don’t be an headline reading graduate. Read the body of the news and show me where the court suspend the recruitment.

Clickbait headline.

martinsfm:
https://pidginblog.ng/news/court-don-stop-nnpc-job-recruitment/


This link is in pidgin, hope it helps.

Robocorp:
But the court did ordered the two parties to maintain the status quo until the hearing of the case.
Now I am not lawyer, but a quick research indicated that its the same thing as suspension until the case is decided

larride:


Status quo = Let things remain the way they are.

Court cannot suspend a case they haven’t heard in the first place. Na wa ooo.

Robocorp:
But the court did ordered the two parties to maintain the status quo until the hearing of the case.
Now I am not a lawyer, but a quick research indicated that its the same thing as suspension until the case is decided