ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Monday, April 19, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
University of Uyo, UNIUYO

University of Uyo, UNIUYO

UNIUYO fights against reinstatement of lecturer unjustly sacked 18 years ago

byCletus Ukpong
February 17, 2020
2 min read
ADVERTISEMENT

The University of Uyo has gone to the Court of Appeal, Calabar, to challenge an order of a lower court asking it to reinstate a lecturer it unjustly sacked 18 years ago.

Inih Ebong was an associate professor in the department of Theatre Arts when his appointment was terminated in 2002. Akpan Ekpo and Peter Effiong were the vice-chancellor and registrar respectively at the time.

Mr Ebong’s sack was considered by many to be a vendetta because of the lecturer’s constant criticism of the university authorities then.

The lecturer once rejected the university almanac and sent it back to the school with a note that the faces on it were not deserving of his sitting-room since, as he claimed, they were the very persons who were victimising him.

Mr Ebong fought a prolonged legal battle for almost two decades spanning three different administrations after the one that sacked him, before the National Industrial Court in Uyo ordered his reinstatement in January.

The court, presided by Justice M. A. Namtari, ordered the University of Uyo to pay all the salaries, allowances, and entitlements that would have accrued to Mr Ebong since August 1, 2001, when his salary was stopped, and from March 28, 2002, when his appointment was wrongfully and unlawfully terminated.

The court ordered the university to pay the lecturer the equivalent of his full annual salaries and allowances for the 2001/2002, 2007/2008, and 2014/2015 academic years when he should have gone on sabbatical leave in accordance with the terms and conditions of his employment.

The court also ordered the university to pay Mr Ebong an additional N10 million as damages.

The University of Uyo has, however, said they are “dissatisfied” with the decision of the National Industrial Court, according to a notice of appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Calabar.

RelatedNews

12 confirmed dead in Benue tanker explosion

In Lagos, traffic robbers run amok in broad daylight

INVESTIGATIONS: Inside the deadly herders-farmers crises in Ogun, worsened by ‘compromised’ soldiers

Groups identify Nigeria’s major impediment to meeting family planning targets

The university in its grounds of appeal said the judgement of the lower court was against the weight of evidence. It has asked the appellate court to set aside the judgment.

READ ALSO: The problem with journalism in Nigeria — Ex-Daily Times Editor, Ndaeyo Uko

A date has not yet been fixed for the hearing of the case at the Appeal Court. The case is most likely going to drag on, perhaps for some more years, in the appellate court.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Ebong for his reaction.

“That is to show the inveterate hatred and mischief that the university harboured against me, each successive vice chancellor after Akpan Ekpo swore that over his dead body even if I won the case it will not be in their time to pay the money,” he told PREMIUM TIMES Monday evening.

The tenure of the current Uniuyo vice chancellor, Enefiok Essien, ends by December this year.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (0)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Chelsea vs Manchester United (LIVE UPDATES): Red Devils Face Tough London Test

Next Post

Report that Buhari going on 20-day vacation fake — Presidency

Cletus Ukpong

Cletus Ukpong

Cletus Ukpong is PREMIUM TIMES' assistant editor in charge of Nigeria's South-South region. He is a graduate of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Twitter: @CletusUkpong

More News

Maps showing Niger Delta States [PHOTO CREDIT: Nigerian Infopedia]

How job opportunities can solve Niger Delta unrest – Group

April 18, 2021
Voters casting vote

Voter apathy mars Rivers LG poll

April 17, 2021
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.

NDDC: FG starts physical verification phase of forensic audit – Minister

April 17, 2021
2019 General Election: voters voting at the Nomadic Primary School, Polling Unit , at Tudun-Fulani , during the FCT Area Council at Bwari Area Council in Abuja on Saturday (9/03/19). 02036/9/3/2019/Sumail Ibrahim/JAU/NAN

Rivers LG elections: Voter apathy witnessed in early polling

April 17, 2021
gas-pipeline-653x365

FG threatens to sanction expatriates over Train 7 gas project

April 16, 2021
Nigerian Ports Authority

NEPC urges exporters to utilise Koko Port

April 16, 2021
Next Post
President Muhammadu Buhari [Photo: Presidency]

Report that Buhari going on 20-day vacation fake — Presidency

Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank

AfDB launches $500 million project to boost agriculture in Nigeria - Official

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


Explore Akwa Ibom Ad


Explore Akwa Ibom Ad


Access Bank Ad


NITDA Ad





Glo Ad

Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,653,866 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
    • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.