Court orders Dangote Cement Plc to open defence Oct. 16

Court orders Dangote Cement Plc to open defence Oct. 16
NAN-H-73
Defence
By Doris Esa
Abuja, Sept. 14, 2017 (NAN) The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed Oct. 16 for Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana, Kogi, to open its defence in the case of alleged dismissal of former employees, Mohammed Aliyu and 21 other disengaged workers.
The aggrieved workers, who were mechanics in the company, had taken the cement company to court over alleged unlawful dismissal.
The workers were allegedly dismissed from the company on Sept. 6, 2015, over an alleged restructuring.
The claimants prayed the court to order the respondents to pay their entitlements and other benefits accrued to them.
The aggrieved workers also prayed the court to prevail on the respondents to pay damages for the alleged unlawful dismissal.
The judge, Justice Edith Agbakoba, fixed the date after Mr U. Enwere, counsel to the claimants, informed the court that the defence counsel, Mr Noah Abdul, was not in court.
The court, thereafter, adjourned the suit till Oct. 16 for defence and ordered that hearing notices should be served on the respondent. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola