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Cross River: Justice Bassey Ebute Dismiss Free Basic Education Suit, Say Claimant Lacks ‘Locus Standi’

By Jonathan Ugbal  Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River State presided over by Justice Bassey Ebute has dismissed a suit seeking interpretation of relevant sections of the State’s Universal Basic Education Law, 2006 which provides for free, compulsory basic education because the claimant lacks locus standi. Rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo

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Free Basic Education: Again, Court Fails To Deliver Judgment

By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River State presided over by Justice Bassey Ebute has failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking community interpretation of relevant sections of the Cross River Universal Basic Education Law, 2006 which provide for compulsory, free basic education. This is the second time

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Free Basic Education: Judge Fails To Deliver Judgment Because He Can’t Access ‘Clean Copy’ Of Law

By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Justice Bassey Ebuta of the High Court of Cross River State on Thursday failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking to determine whether the collection of fees and levies from pupils in basic education classes at public-owned institutions in the State is wrong as enshrined in the

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Stop Paying School Fees, Primary Education In Cross River Is Free And Compulsory – Ayade’s SA On Education Warns, Urge Parents To Retrieve What Has Been Paid

By Patrick Obia Mr. Castro Ezama, Special Adviser on Education to the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has urged parents and guardians of primary school pupils to retrieve whatever money they have paid for school fees, reiterating that “primary education in Cross River is free and compulsory.” Mr. Castro gave the directive when

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