2. The Respondent acted arbitrarily and unfairly in terminating the
Applicant’s appointment in May 2017 without affording him the
opportunity of defending himself, thereby making the act illegal.
3. That the claim by the Applicant with respect to the Respondent’s act
of excluding the Applicant in the selection process contrary to Article
13 (2) & (3) of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development’s
Staff Rules and Regulations cannot be sustained and therefore
dismissed.
In consequence of which the Court orders the Respondent to pay the
Applicant as follows:
1. That the Respondent pays Seventy Five Thousand United State
Dollars ($75,000) as damages for unfair termination.
2. The Court dismisses all other claims brought by the Applicant against
the respondent in this application.
3. Orders the Applicant to return to the Respondent all properties in his
possession that belong to the Respondent and was giving to him
upon his employment with the Respondent Bank.
4. Orders the Respondent to pay to the Applicant the costs of this action
in the sum of two million Nigerian Naira (2,000,000.00) Naira.
5. The Court order either party to comply fully with the terms of this
judgement within a time frame of one (1) month from the date of this
order.
THIS DECISION IS MADE, ADJUDGED AND PRONOUNCED PUBLICLY
BY THIS COURT, COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE, ECOWAS;
SITTING AT ABUJA, NIGERIA ON THE DAY 3rd February, 2020.
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