The action was brought by Federal Civil Service Pensioners Association, Association of Retired Local Government Staff, Primary School Teachers in Delta State and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Filed on their behalf in Abuja by solicitor to SERAP, Femi Falana, the plaintiffs are also asking for N50million compensation to each of the pensioners and workers. Other plaintiffs that joined SERAP in the suit (ECW/CCJ/APP/39/2017) filed last Friday are First Bank of Nigeria Pensioners (Lagos), Mrs. The plaintiffs are suing for themselves and on behalf of their members and other workers and pensioners across the country whose salaries and pensions had not been paid by the states and the federal government for several months. ‘Dignity’ here refers to the right to live in security, free of exploitation, abuse and discrimination.”They submitted: “Under international law, Nigeria cannot invoke the provisions of its internal laws or the nature of its federation as justification for its failure to perform a treaty obligation.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 06:11 UTC