LEGAL PRINCIPLE: LABOUR LAW — Employment with Statutory Flavour — Conditions of Service Approved by Corporation Do Not Have Statutory Force
PRINCIPLE STATEMENT
Conditions of service drawn up and approved by a statutory corporation are not statutory regulations nor are they given any statutory authentication. They do not have statutory force.
RATIO DECIDENDI (SOURCE)
Per Uwaifo, JSC, in Idoniboye-Obu v. NNPC (2003) NLC-1621996(SC) at pp. 8–9; Paras D–A.
"The conditions of service were to be drawn up and approved by the Corporation. Those terms and conditions ... are not a statutory regulation nor is it given any statutory authentication. ... Exhibit B is not a statutory regulation nor is it given any statutory authentication."
EXPLANATION / SCOPE
Corporation-approved conditions of service lack statutory force. The principle applies to labour law. They are not binding as statutes. The rule distinguishes statutory regulations from internal policies. The employee cannot claim statutory protection. The principle is well-established.