The National Industrial Court, Abuja on Wednesday dismissed ex- Borno governor, Mohammed Goni’s suit for payment of pension and other benefits, for lacking in merit. Goni, the claimant was the first civilian governor of the former Borno from Oct. 1979 to Oct. 1983. He instituted the suit against the State Government and Attorney-General of the State, via an originating summons on May 30. That he was entitled to receive monthly pension for life and the additional benefits enumerated in Sections 3 (1) and (3) of the Borno State, subsection 3 (i) – (ix) of the Borno State (Grant of pension to Governors and Deputy Governors) Law, 2005 (as amended in 2009). The ex-governor also sought for a mandatory order of the court directing the defendants to immediately pay him the accrued pension and also provide him with the additional benefits.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 18, 2019 12:00 UTC