Nigeria on Contract of Employment

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has exclusive jurisdiction over employment-related matters, as provided under Section 254C of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

A restraint of trade clause is a clause in a contract of employment that restricts an employee from working with competitors of their employer for a period of time after their employment is terminated.

The relationship between an employer and an employee rightly described as a master-servant relationship can be said to create a superior/inferior relationship due to the asymmetric bargaining power