Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The National Industrial Court in Akure has ordered the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, to reinstate 85 non-teaching staff members sacked by the institution in December 2019.

The judge, Kiyersohot Damulak, also gave the university a 30-day ultimatum to pay the reinstated workers their salaries, emoluments, and allowances from the date of their unlawful disengagement till date.

In the judgement delivered on January 28, a copy of which was seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, the court also directed the university to pay the workers the three months salary they were being owed before they unlawfully disengaged.

Mr Damulak also ordered the university to pay each of the sacked workers N50,000 as the...