Chinaemere Opara, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary Faculty Pupil, has sued the Federal Ministry of Schooling, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB and the Nationwide Universities Fee, NUC over the introduction of the brand new admission coverage.
Opara filed the swimsuit by way of his guardian, Mr Maxwell Opara, his father and a lawyer, on the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja on Monday.
Within the originating movement 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 as 1st to third respondents respectively.
In his six reliefs, the applicant sought a declaration that the respondents’ minimal age for admission coverage to limit the age of Nigerian residents for admission into universities within the nation is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
He stated it amounted to a gross violation of his proper to freedom of expression as assured beneath Sections 42 of the 1999 Structure, 2011 (as amended) and Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 13(2), 17 and 28 of the African Constitution on Human and Individuals Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Vol. 1 LFN.
He urged the court docket to declare that his proper to peaceable meeting and affiliation can’t be restricted by the respondents’ admission coverage.
He additionally sought a declaration that the coverage which restricts his age earlier than exercising his proper of affiliation and self-determination as to when to enrol to put in writing the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC and/or JAMB exams infringed on his proper to equal entry to public service.
This, he stated, is assured beneath Article 13(2) and (3) of the African Constitution on Human and Individuals Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap A9 Vol. 1 LFN.
Opara, due to this fact, sought an order of perpetual Injunction restraining the respondents from making an attempt to disturb, breach or intervene together with his rights.
He equally sought an order setting apart the coverage.
