Due to the ongoing ASUU strike, SERAP plans to sue Buhari, calling it a “crime against humanity.”
by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr
President Muhammadu Buhari has been sued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for his tardy response to the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
On Friday, SERAP announced this on its verified Twitter account.
The country’s tertiary institutions have closed as a result of the strikes initiated by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).
The Nigerian government’s unwillingness to uphold a number of agreements with the unions led to the industrial actions.
SERAP, thus, condemned the development, adding that the industrial action was a crime against humanity.
It added that the strike actions grossly violated the rights of Nigerian students to education.
The tweet reads: The ASUU strike which has kept poor children at home while while the children of Nigeria’s politicians attend private schools, is a crime against humanity.
“We are suing the Buhari-led administration for its violation of children’s rights to education and equal protection.”
