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Falana Asks Court To Compel Nigerian Government To Make Basic Education Free Nationwide

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. ....

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Falana-Led Group, ASCAB Gives Nigerian States, FCT Till January 15, 2024 To Access Over N68Billion UBEC Counterpart Funds For Schoolchildren Or Face Legal Action

The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a civic group led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has given the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) till January 15, 2024, to access the over N68 billion matching grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) or face legal action.   The group also asked the states and the FCT to register all the estimated 20.2 million out-of-school children in school and urged UBEC to disburse the counterpart funds directly to the state governments and the FCT.   ....

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