15-year-old student sues Education Ministry, JAMB, NUC over new admission policy

Chinaemere Opara, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary School Student, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB and the National Universities Commission, NUC implicit the instauration of the caller admittance policy.

Opara filed the suit done his guardian, Mr Maxwell Opara, his begetter and a lawyer, astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Monday.

In the originating question marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1512/2024 dated Sept. 30 and filed October 14 by Wayne Elijah, the SS 2 pupil listed the ministry, JAMB and NUC arsenic 1st to 3rd respondents respectively.

In his six reliefs, the applicant sought a declaration that the respondents’ minimum property for admittance argumentation to restrict the property of Nigerian citizens for admittance into universities successful the state is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

He said it amounted to a gross usurpation of his close to state of look arsenic guaranteed nether Sections 42 of the 1999 Constitution, 2011 (as amended) and Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 13(2), 17 and 28 of the African Charter connected Human and People Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Vol. 1 LFN.

He urged the tribunal to state that his close to peaceful assembly and relation cannot beryllium constricted by the respondents’ admittance policy.

He besides sought a declaration that the argumentation which restricts his property earlier exercising his close of relation and self-determination arsenic to erstwhile to enrol to constitute the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC and/or JAMB exams infringed connected his close to adjacent entree to nationalist service.

This, helium said, is guaranteed nether Article 13(2) and (3) of the African Charter connected Human and People Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Vol. 1 LFN.

Opara, therefore, sought an bid of perpetual Injunction restraining the respondents from attempting to disturb, breach oregon interfere with his rights.

He arsenic sought an bid mounting speech the policy.