…The strike, which began on March 24, 2024, is over FCT Administration’s failure to implement the N70,000 minimum wage, payment of 25-month minimum wage arrears, 40% peculiar allowance, and 25-35% salary increments.
The iNews Times reports that the Assembly of Indigenous Youths of Abuja (AOIYEO) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Capital Territory FCT Administration and the six area councils of the FCT at the FCT High Court.
The suit, marked CV/2484/25, accuses the defendants of violating the fundamental rights of primary school pupils and healthcare users in the territory due to a prolonged strike by primary school teachers and healthcare workers.
The strike, which began on March 24, 2024, is over demands including the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage, payment of 25-month minimum wage arrears, 40% peculiar allowance, and 25-35% salary increments.
The AOIYEO claims that the over 90-day shutdown of essential services has deprived residents, especially children, of their constitutional rights to life, dignity, education, and healthcare.
The AOIYEO is seeking several declarations from the court. They want the court to declare that primary school children are entitled to the Right to Education and that the failure to provide education for over 90 days amounts to a violation of their fundamental rights to life, dignity of persons, freedom from discrimination, and education.
The youths are also seek a declaration that citizens of Nigeria residing in the six area councils of the FCT are entitled to the best attainable state of physical and mental health.
Furthermore, the group wants the court to declare that primary school children in the FCT are entitled to enjoy equality of rights of access to public property and services of education without discrimination.
They are also seeking court orders directing the six area councils to immediately resume their constitutional duty to provide and maintain education in the territory and assume their constitutional duty to make provisions and maintenance of adequate medical services in all medical facilities.
The lawsuit highlights the ongoing challenges faced by residents of the FCT, particularly in accessing essential services like education and healthcare.
The court’s decision on this matter is pending, The iNews Times reports.
