Court Orders FG to Reinstate NEMA Spokesperson 4 Years After Compulsory Retirement …….. Also Orders Payment of Salaries and Allowance within one Month

Justice David Isele of the National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of former Spokesperson of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yushau A. Shuaib back into the public service after forceful retirement in 2013 over an opinion article he wrote on former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Through Barrister James Ode Abah of Bamidele Aturu Legal Chamber, Shuaib had sued the Finance Minister, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and Federal Ministry of information over the purported retirement. Delivering the Judgement, Justice Isele declared that the letter retiring Shuaib…