The case was filed by members of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a public interest group, seeking to enforce the rights of children under the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act, 2004.
The Federal High Court in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ruled that the Federal Government, the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) “have the legal obligations to provide free, compulsory and universal basic education for every Nigerian child of primary and junior secondary school age.”. Read Original / Full Content