"To comply with section 4(2), three conditions must be satisfied, namely, (i) the Minister must initiate the retirement of the officer (no doubt he may delegate this function); (ii) the...
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"The appellant is among the organisations formally declared Public Service under the Act by Government Notice No. 455 published in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 24, Vol....
"Three months' salary in lieu of such notice will not suffice as was purported in the letter to the respondents. I do not think it is right to hasten such...
"The burden is clearly on the appellant here to show that the provisions of S.4 were faithfully complied with. There is nothing in the letter of the purported compulsory retirement...
"To force a public servant into retirement, that is, before he gets to his retirement age is an unusual action against him in his career. Such an action could, admittedly,...
"Since the respondent was 45 years old when she was prematurely retired from her office or employment and that act of termination from the service of the appellants was rightly,...
"Where the contract of service is protected by statute ... and the removal of the respondent is predicated upon compliance with these statutory provisions, non-compliance with the statutory provisions thereof...
"What is in contention in this case is not that the plaintiff ceased to be in the employment of the first defendant after the expiration of his probation, but what...
"The appointment is probationary for a period of 3 years and it is subject to the regulations of the University... When the provisions of regulations 22(i), (ii) and (vi) [of...
"The character of an appointment and status of the employee in respect thereof is determined by the legal character and the contract of the employee. Hence where the contract of...
"But generally speaking a master can terminate the contract of employment with his servant at any time and for any reason or for no reason at all, provided the terms...
"The fact that the respondent is a statutory body does not mean that the conditions of service of its employees must be of a special character ruling out the relationship...