Activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to compel the federal government, the 36 states of the federation and Abuja to provide free and compulsory education up to junior secondary school level in the country.

Falana and his co-plaintiff, Hauwa Mustapha, filed the suit for themselves and on behalf of the Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond, ASCAB.

The 40 defendants/respondents are Attorney-General of the Federation, Minister of Education and Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC,  Attorneys-General of the 36 states, and  Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.