Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education News Today

Human rights advocate, Femi Falana, SAN, has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State to seek an order compelling the Nigerian government to make basic education freely accessible in the country.  SaharaReporters learnt that Falana and his co-plaintiff/applicant Hauwa Mustapha filed the suit marked FHC/L/CS/142/2024, for themselves and on behalf of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and Hauwa Mustapha have sued the Attorney General of Federation, the education minister, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the Attorneys General of the 36 states of the Federation and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over the education of Nigeria child of school age.  

The suit, filed on Jan. 19th at the Federal High Court, Lagos, asks the court to determine:

Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has taken legal action against the Federal Government, the Minister of Education,

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government, through the Attorney General of the Federation, all the 36 states, and other key education stakeholders regarding the critical issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria.

A Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the National Assembly to stop paying lip service to the p

Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana has called on the National Assembly to stop paying lip service to basic education in the country.

The 9th assembly has passed a total of 25 bills into law. But strangely 80% (20 out of the 25) were initiated by the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq.