Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued all the state governors in Nigeria over what it said was their non-challant attitude towards the education of poor children in the country, IgbereTV reports
The organization had earlier sued President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities to continue.
According to the organization, the APC-led adminstration had shown no interest in the education of poor children, a situation that had resulted in the closure of polytechnics and colleges of education in the country
In a tweet on its verified Twitter handle on Sunday, SERAP accused all the state governors of wastage by paying N40 million as pensions to all former governors.
It stressed that the extravagant step resulted in the shortage of funds currently undermining the smooth running of public education in the country.
The tweet read: “We’ve sued Nigeria’s 36 state governors over their failure to fund education for poor children, while paying over N40 billion to former governors in pensions and provision of houses, staff and motor vehicles replaceable between three and four years.”
In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1120/2022 filed last week at the Federal High Court, Lagos, SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel the 36 state governors to pay the counterpart funds that would allow poor Nigerian children to enjoy access to quality basic education in their respective states.”
