The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a case against President Muhammadu Buhari.
They have told the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.”
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige are to equally join in the law suit as defendants.
The law suit came following the current lack of commitment by the Federal Government to execute the agreements with the ASUU and to put an end to the over seven-month-old industrial action by the ASUU and the threat issued by the government to adopt its “no work, no pay” policy.
The suit number NICN/ABJ/269/2022 was been filed at the National Industrial Court, Abuja, the country capital, the last week.
The socioeconomic rights group and the students are seeking: “an order directing President Buhari and Ngige to immediately implement all the agreements with ASUU in order to end the strike action and violation of the students’ right to quality education.”
On behalf of SERAP and the students, the law suit has been filed by their lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo.
The Informant247 observes that ASUU had embarked on an industrial strike since February this year after the government has not been able to accede to its demands.