The words “relating to”, “connected with”, or “incidental thereto” mean largely the same thing, and indicate that the causes or matters must be linked with labour, employment, trade unions, etc. The Court of Appeal, in interpreting this provision, in the case of Salami v. National Judicial Council[9], while acknowledging that it “bestowed exclusive jurisdiction on the Court in all matters relating to or connected or incidental to labour, trade disputes, and industrial relations”, added the phrase “other ancillary matters that may arise out of the same which hitherto had been within the confines of concurrent jurisdiction of the State High Courts and Federal High Court at first instance.” You will agree that the word “ancillary” was not used in the statute and does not have the same meaning as the words “relating to”, “connected with”, or “incidental thereto” used in the Constitution.

“Any mental disorder severe enough that it prevents a person from having legal capacity and excuses the person from criminal or civil responsibility”. It is also a social and legal term rather than a medical one used to denote that degree of mental illness which negates the individual’s legal responsibility or capacity”

ut in cases where there are allegations that the award is a result of corruption or that the Arbitrator is guilty of misconduct9, the Courts in these instances have handed out the indices upon which it may be said that an Arbitrator misconducted himself, thereby necessitating the setting aside of any award to wit