Court dismisses NUP’s suit against new pension unions

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to quash a recent approval for registration of Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) and Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria (CPUN) as pensioners’ bodies responsible for the welfare of Federal parastatals and private pensioners and Contributory pensioners, respectively. Justice Oyejuju […]

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to quash a recent approval for registration of Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) and Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria (CPUN) as pensioners’ bodies responsible for the welfare of Federal parastatals and private pensioners and Contributory pensioners, respectively.

Justice Oyejuju Oyebiola Oyewumi, in the ruling delivered on March 3, 2020, dismissed the suit filed by the Nigerian union of Pensioners that sought the courts nullification of FEPPPAN and CPUN existence and to declare the action of the minister of labour and employment and the registrar of trade Unions in regrouping NUP into three unions, illegal.

A press statement made available to journalists in Abuja by President-General, Chief Temple Ubani, and General Secretary, Franklin Erinle of FEPPPAN said: “We, the members of Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) wish to inform you and the general public that the registration of Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) and Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria (CPUN) as Registered Trade Unions by the Registrar of Trade Unions, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has been reaffirmed by the National Industrial Court Abuja, in a landmark ruling delivered by Justice Oyewumi.

“The judgement delivered on March 3, 2020, clearly backed FEPPPAN as a new pensioners’ body responsible for the welfare of federal parastatals and private sector pensioners in Nigeria,” the statement added.

Recall that upon the approval of FEPPPAN, as a body responsible for the welfare of federal parastatals and private sector pensioners by the federal ministry of labour and employment, the leadership of the regrouped Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) approached the Court to declare FEPPPAN and the CPUN illegal.