The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Thursday issued a garnishee order on bank accounts of Nigeria Immigration Service, to pay an ex-staff, Oguntoyinbo Made his salary arrears of N9.7 million. The motion which sought to garnishee the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Polaris accounts of NIS was granted by Justice Olufunke Anuwe. The salary as ordered by the court was for July 1, 1999, to Aug.31,2014. In addition to the salary arrears of N9.7 million, the court in the judgment also directed the NIS to pay Made the sum of N2million as general damages and awarded the sum of N250,000 to him as cost of prosecuting the suit. The failure of the Service to comply with the court’s judgment that had necessitated the application.

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 11:15 UTC