Two\u00a0 Landmark law\u00a0 suits have been filed\u00a0 against\u00a0 the Federal government OF\u00a0 Nigeria\u00a0 in the Federal High Court , Port Harcourt, Rivers\u00a0 State by a Port Harcourt based\u00a0 legal practitioner, Barr. Victoria\u00a0 N.\u00a0 Opara challenging the\u00a0 legality and constitutionality of the Nigeria Christian Commission Act, the Nigeria Pilgrims\u00a0 Commission\u00a0 and the\u00a0 Federal Character\u00a0 Commission Act<\/p>\n
The\u00a0 first\u00a0 suit, namely suit No, FHC\/PH\/CS\/83\/2013\u00a0 is\u00a0 against the Federal Government of\u00a0 Nigeria and all the Attorney\u00a0 Generals of the Thirty \u2013Six\u00a0 States of the Federation &ors.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0 said\u00a0 suit is\u00a0 challenging the legality\u00a0 and the\u00a0 constitutionality of the federal Government\u00a0 of Nigeria\u00a0 and the various\u00a0 states governments from using public funds meant for developmental\u00a0 purposes to sponsor \/ finance individuals\u00a0 and groups\u00a0 on\u00a0\u00a0 religious\u00a0 pilgrimages<\/p>\n
Barr. Opara\u00a0 also sought for a declaration by the court nullifying\u00a0 the establishments of the\u00a0 various pilgrims\u00a0 commission\u00a0 bodies\u00a0 established by the\u00a0 Federal and states Governments as same she\u00a0 contents\u00a0 is in contravention of the constitution of the federal\u00a0 republic of\u00a0 Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Finally, Barr\u00a0 Opara\u00a0 is praying the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining\u00a0 the federal\u00a0 government\u00a0 and the\u00a0 various\u00a0 states government from using public funds to\u00a0 sponsor\u00a0\u00a0 individuals\u00a0 and groups on religious\u00a0 pilgrimage(s).<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the second\u00a0 suit\u00a0 filed, being suit No, FHC\/PH\/CS\/84\/2013, which is\u00a0 instituted against the\u00a0 federal\u00a0 government\u00a0 and the federal character\u00a0 commission challenging the\u00a0 legality of some of the\u00a0 provisions of the Federal Character\u00a0 Act , as same\u00a0 Barr OPara claims, are discriminatory and injurious to the Nigerian women and the freedom of Nigerians\u00a0 as enshrined and guaranteed by the constitution\u00a0 of the federal\u00a0 republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two\u00a0 Landmark law\u00a0 suits have been filed\u00a0 against\u00a0 the Federal government OF\u00a0 Nigeria\u00a0 in the Federal High Court , Port Harcourt, Rivers\u00a0 State by a Port Harcourt based\u00a0 legal practitioner,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n