Presidential Aspirant Tells Court To Stop NASS From Raising Qualification
A Presidential aspirant, Julius Musa Lagware, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the National Assembly (NASS) from proceeding with the bill seeking to raise the minimum qualification for those aspiring to contest the offices of the President, governors, among others.
According to a suit filed by his lawyer, Pius Danba Pius, Lagware wants among others, an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents and their agents from taking any action on the proposed bill seeking to raise the educational qualification for anybody seeking to contest election to the office of President, Governor, Senator and House of Representatives from school certificate to the degree certificate.
Listed as respondents in the fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/ 222/2022 are the National Assembly, House of Representatives and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
The plaintiff wants the court to declare that the National Assembly lacks the power to enact a law that is likely or about to discriminate and/or disenfranchise the Applicant and all other persons with school certificate from participating in electoral process or contesting election for the office of President, Governor, Senator or Member of House of Representatives by requiring the Applicant to obtain degree certificate at his expense without provision of free tertiary education by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
