By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and five university students have sued President Muhammadu Buhari administration over the strike.
Denied by the Federal Government to meet Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education in the country.
SERAP, asked the court to declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government.
Joined in the suit as Defendants are the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN.
The suit followed the apparent lack of commitment by the FG to implement the agreements with ASUU, and to end the over seven-month-old industrial action by the union, and the threat by the government to implement its “no work, no pay” policy.