The National Industrial Court on Thursday ordered the Adamawa government to pay N660 million to 659 sacked teachers by the Adamawa Post Primary Board.
Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the National Industrial Court, Yola Division gave the judgment in Yola.
Ogbuanya said that the state government failed to provide evidence of disengaging them official.
He said that the teachers were still valid staff of the state government from August 2012 till date.
He therefore, ruled that the state government should pay them all their 29 months salaries within two weeks which accrued to N638 million.
He also ordered the government to pay another N22 million as damage to the complainants as damages for keeping them without salaries for the period under review.
Uguanya rued the behaviour of some employees who could trample on the peoples dignity of labor.
In his response, Mr Urbanus Jonathan, state counsel said that he received the judgment with shock.
Jonathan, who represented the state ministry of justice, said that he would get back to the ministry before deciding on the next line of action.
Also speaking, Mr Abubakar Babakano, Counsel to teachers described the judgment as a land mark one, adding that it shows that judiciary is the last hope of the common man.
Babakano said that the court had given judgment to teachers and they would wait for the implementation of the judgment.
He however, urged the state government to implement the judgment without delay.
It will be recall that the Adamawa government under former Gov. Murtala Nyako employed teachers in Aug. 2012.
The teachers were deployed to various schools and stated work, were given staff numbers, and they started collecting salaries for six months.
The same government stopped paying them salaries on account that they were not proffessionels, given that they were not holders of either Batchalors degrees in Education or National Certificate in Education.
It will be recall that the affected teachers on March 13 2015, sued the state government at the National Industrial Court in Jos for non payment of their salaries,in Nov. 2017, the case was transfered to NIC, Yola Division.
