Education Is Constitutional Right; Nigerian Students Are Free To Protest Against Fees’ Hike – TIB Movement Replies DSS
Education Is Constitutional Right; Nigerian Students Are Free To Protest Against Fees’ Hike – TIB Movement Replies DSS
Civic organisation and pro-democracy group, the Take-It-Back Movement (TIB) has stated that Nigerians deserve free, quality, and compulsory education at all levels.
Insisting that education is a constitutional rights of all Nigerians which the country’s constitution and international conventions and treaties protected, #TIB Movement categorically stated that it was not an exclusive privilege of a few as it is being meant to believe in Nigeria.
The rights movement, which stated this on Tuesday in a post on its X account, encouraged Nigerian students, civil society organisations and members of the public to join en masse in the protest against arbitrary school fee hikes in Tertiary Institutions across the country.
TIB Movement in the short statement wrote: “As guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution, and international laws, education remains a right, and not an exclusive privilege of a few.
“Accordingly, we encourage Nigerian students, civil societies, parents, and particularly, our members to turn out en-mass for this protest scheduled for tomorrow, 6th of September.
“Nigerians deserve free, quality, and compulsory education at all levels. #OccupyNigeria”
The Take It Back Movement (TIB) had on Monday, vowed to do everything lawful to resist Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) from subverting the right of Nigerians to protest in the country.
The movement made the vow in reaction to the DSS’s statement that it had uncovered plans by some unnamed people to organise violent protests in the country over the country’s socio-economic challenges.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the DSS in a statement released by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, on Monday, said it had uncovered a sinister plan to cause a crisis in the country.
The DSS said intelligence reports indicate that the plotters include certain politicians who are desperately mobilising unsuspecting student leaders, ethnic-based associations, youths and disgruntled groups for the planned action.
The DSS warns “those desirous of subverting national security to retrace their steps”.
“This is more so that it will not hesitate to legally come against persons and groups behind the devious plans,” it added.
However, the TIB said that Nigerians have a constitutional right to protest and that the right is not subject to review or sentiments of the DSS.
“The right of Nigerians to protest is constitutionally guaranteed, and not subject to reviews or sentiments of the State Security Service @OfficialDSSNG.
“Attempt to subvert this right will be resisted, and challenged with all lawful means within our disposal,” the group said on its X handle.
Credit: Sahara Reporters
