This is my man of the year. Whenever or wherever you see Olisa Agbakoba, just give him a hug and plant a kiss on his robust cheeks. This is a true Igbo son who knows what his people are facing and eager to say No to it, not all these efulefu IGBOS selling our people to the owners of Nigeria. Onyekwelu Michael, please give your principal a bottle of moet and send me the bill ASAP. Hear, Hear !!! Whenever unity school deliberately refused to offer your child admission because you are not from the educationally less developed state, remember to quote this event and demand for your constitutional right. Court cancels disparity in federal colleges’ admission requirements DECEMBER 18, 2014 BY RAMON OLADIMEJI 19 Comments A Federal High Court in Lagos has entered judgement in favour of an application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, seeking uniform admission requirements into Federal Government Colleges, otherwise called unity schools. Agbakoba had sued the Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau, over the disparity in the admission requirements for students seeking to study in the unity schools. Delivering judgement in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1358/2013 on Wednesday, Justice James Tsoho held that such disparities in admission requirements into the Federal Government colleges were against the spirit of Section 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution. The judge held that since the Constitution was supreme, it would automatically override any administrative law or policies adopted by the Ministry of Education. The court therefore ordered Shekarau to apply uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks, to all candidates seeking admission into unity schools across the country. In a 19-paragraph affidavit filed in support of his suit, Agbakoba had stated that since the inception of the unity schools, the Federal Government had maintained disparities in admission requirements. He noted in particular that the Federal Government prescribed different cut-off marks based on the candidates’ gender and their states of origin. He therefore sought a declaration of the court that the action of the education minister in prescribing and applying different requirements, including cut-off marks, to candidates seeking admission into unity schools was in violation of the Constitution. He asked the court to grant an order of perpetual injunction restraining the education minister from all further acts of discrimination in admission to the unity schools. Copyright PUNCH.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng punchng/…/court-cancels-disparity-in-federa…/
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