Court orders Rivers State to reinstate the 217 sacked workers

The National Industrial Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the Rivers State Government to reinstate the 217 sacked workers of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the state.

The presiding judge, Justice POLYCARP HAMMAN, gave the order while ruling on the matter, explaned that the state government did not follow due process in the sacking of the affected staff.

Recall that AMANNAH PEACE and three others representing sacked workers from the Polytechnic formerly known as Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, had dragged the Rivers State Government to court for unlawfully sacking them.