On the 6th of January 1998, the Appellant herein was awarded a contract vide a letter by the Respondent herein to construct 2 block/units of MASFA house type in Gwarimpa II Estate in the sum of N25,049,648.36k (Twenty-Five Million, Forty-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty - Eight Naira Thirty-Six kobo).

In addition, by a letter dated the 18th of May, 2001, the Appellant was further authorized to install Aluminum windows on the house at the sum of N2, 858.149.75k (Two Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-Nine Naira, Seventy-Five kobo). However, the Respondent however disagrees and put the sum at N2, 614,439.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty-Nine Naira).

The Appellant commenced her action against the Respondent under the undefended list procedure claiming N2,858,149.75k being the cost of repairs of roof and completion of Aluminum doors and windows 546,958.88k retention fee all totaling N3,405,107.63k and 10% on the entire sum as provided by the F.C.T. High Court Civil Procedure Rules from the date of judgment till the entire sum is liquidated.

Subsequently, the learned trial judge gave judgment in favour of the Appellant herein.

Dissatisfied, the Respondent herein appeal to the Court of Appeal postulating that being a Federal Government Agency, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court had no jurisdiction to have tried the suit. The appeal was upheld.

Aggrieved, the Appellant appealed to the Apex Court.