Regulations is the internal working guide that regulates the relationship between management and its employees. In determining whether this application is admissible the Court will assess the grievances of the Applicant which falls into three categories: violation of right to fair hearing, non-adherence to internal staff rules and regulations, and unfair dismissal. The Court notes also that in spite of the fact that the Applicant relied on the wrong provisions of the statute, the Court can nonetheless admit the application on the rational that as long as there is a claim for violation of right the application will be admissible. However, reliance on the Staff Rules and Regulations of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development as contained in the application will suggest that there is a dispute between the employee and the management. As such the Court is guided by the provisions of Article 9 (1) (f) of the Supplementary Protocol (A/SP.1/01/05) amending the Protocol of the Court which reads thus: “(1) The Court has competence to adjudicate on any dispute relating to the following: f. the Community and its officials. This conclusion is based on the fact that the Applicant in this case was an employee of the ECOWAS Bank of Investment and Development (hereinafter EBID) and the Respondent being an institution of ECOWAS and the grievances contained in the application justifies that there is a dispute between the employee as an official and the Bank as an institution of ECOWAS. Therefore, Article 9 (1) (f) of the Supplementary Protocol is directly applicable to this application. On the strength of the reference to 14 | P a g e