The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Adekunle Ajasin University and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN over tuition hike in the school.
This was revealed in a statement by SERAP made available to Concise News on Monday.
According to the statement, the hike in tuition is “unfair and arbitrary” and “a fundamental breach of legitimate expectations of students.”
SERAP had in the Originating Summons with Suit No: AK/103/18 filed last Friday at the High Court of Ondo State, Akure argued that, “The power of the Ajasin University and Ondo State government to change policy is constrained by the legal duty to be fair, among other constraints imposed by law.
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“A change of policy which would otherwise be legally unexceptionable may be held unfair by reason of prior action, or inaction, by the authority. There is no overriding public interest in the tuition hike.
“A public authority possesses powers only to use them for public good. This imposes the duty to act fairly and to adopt a procedure which is fair-play in action.
“The tuition hike by the Ajasin University and Ondo State government amounts to a broken promise and breach of established practice of notice or consultation.
“The unfairness of the lack of consultation cannot be overridden by any countervailing consideration. Therefore, the absence of consultation amounts to an unlawful process of tuition hike by the Defendants.”
In addition, SERAP noted that the move contravenes the law of the Federation as well as several international charter that the country is signatory to.
