Pursuant to the additional mandate granted in the
Consent Court judgement that set up the Interim National Executive Caretaker
Committee of the Performing Musicians Employers’ of Nigeria (PMAN) dated
October 31, 2014 to run and manage the affairs for a period of 18 months and
convene a National Delegates Conference thereafter, all is now set for the
event slated for October this year.
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| Lai Mohhamed |
According to a statement by the association’s
General Secretary, Dr Kenny Ama George, the conference where elections into
various offices of PMAN will be conducted, is also in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution and in compliance with the resolutions of the
National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting held on May 30, 2016.
Altogether, four key positions plus that of
ex-officio members (seven of them with different areas of specialization) will
be vied for. To qualify for any of the posts of president, 1st vice
president, 2nd vice president and national treasurer, a candidate
must have been a financial member for at least one year and must have also
registered into the PMAN Biometric ID Card scheme.
While the election forms and fees for the president
is N50,000 and N500,000 respectively, the first vice president will pay N40,000
and N400,000 with the second vice going for N30,000 and N300,000. The seven
ex-officio members will pay N10,000 and N25,000 respectively. And the forms are
available at their secretariat.
As for the venue of the of the Delegates Conference,
the statement stated that it will be confirmed and announced after conclusion
of formalities with the prospective host state of the event within the shortest
distance.
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| Ngige |
…Sues
Labour Ministry
Meanwhile, in a suit filed on August 17, 2016 on
behalf of the association, at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Lagos
Division in Suit No NICN/LA/537/2016 – between PMAN & 2 others VS Federal
Ministry of Labour& Employment & 31 others, their Counsel MessrsOgbeide
Kingsley Ukumben and Vure Joshua Kara, are seeking various injunctive and
restraining orders from the court which include;
A declaration that the convening constitution and
purported inauguration of a PMAN parallel executive by the Minister of Labour
and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is void abinitio and a nullity on the grounds
that the said convening constitution inauguration of the said committee were
done in clear and violent breach of the applicants’ fundamental human rights to
fair hearing as guaranteed under section 36 sub section (1) of the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
A declaration that further relief 1 above the said
convening constitution and inauguration of the above Caretaker Committee by the
respondents as unlawful, illegal, ultra vires, and unconstitutional which
constitute a reckless and gross abuse of executive powers.
‘’It is therefore null and void and of no legal
effect howsoever and whatsoever as the applicants were never notified, neither
were they invited nor were present at the said illegal inauguration,’’ they
deposed.
They called for an order of the court prohibiting
and or restraining the Labour Minister, the Permanent Secretary, the Director
of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, the Registrar of Trade Unions
and others present at the inauguration or their agents, etc, from acting now or
in future in any capacity regarding the running and operations of PMAN
henceforth.