The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP is ready to sue the Buhari’s regime for refusing to end the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The body said the refusal of the Federal Government to end the strike was a violation of the legal obligation to provide access to higher education for Nigerians.
In a series of tweets, SERAP wrote: “BREAKING: We’re suing the Buhari administration over its failure to end the strike action by ASUU, which is a violation of the legal obligation to provide access to higher education without discrimination.
“We’re suing the Buhari administration because of its failure to end the strike action by ASUU and allow Nigerian children get back to school violates the right of poor children to higher education, equality and non-discrimination, human dignity, and penalises poor parents.”
ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike on February 14th and extended it by another two months over the alleged failure of the government to fulfil its agreements.
Since then, students have been at home waiting for the strike to be called off.
We're suing the Buhari administration because its failure to end the strike action by ASUU and allow Nigerian children get back to school violates:
— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) April 22, 2022
✔️ the right of poor children to higher education
✔️ equality and non-discrimination
✔️ human dignity, and
✔️penalises poor parents
