Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday, asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the federal government, the 36 states government and Abuja to provide free and compulsory education from the primary level up to junior secondary school level.
Falana who filed his case along with his co-plaintiff, Hauwa Mustapha, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of the Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond (ASCAB), listed 40 defendants and respondents including the Attorney-General of the Federation, Minister of Education and Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Attorneys-General of the 36 states, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
According to the lawsuit marked FHC/L/CS/142/2024, the plaintiffs are praying the court to declare that by virtue of section 2(1) of the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act, 2004, the respondents were legally obligated to provide free, compulsory and Universal basic education for every Nigerian child of primary and junior secondary, school age.
