BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE
BENNIN- AN unemployed graduate, Mr. Omoyibo Emmaunuel has dragged the Federal University of Petroleum Resource Effurun (FUPRE) before a Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State over the non publication of the results of an interview conducted by the institution seeking for employment.
He also pray the court to compel the institution to publish the results of applicants “who participated in the written examinations into various vacant positions”.
He said he was seeking the reliefs under the Freedom of Information
Act, 2011 and the Federal Character Act.
Emmanuel said it was expedient on the University to publish the examination results; having published the vacant positions on some national dailies on May 21, 2013.
He lamented the “inconvenience, he and other applicants who came from all the nooks
and crannies of Nigeria to participate in the examinations on 21st November, 2013”.
The applicant in the suit filed by his counsel, K. C. Wisdom Esq. and made available to newsmen in Benin City noted that the institution has refused to release the examination
results “despite repeated demands”.
He therefore urged the court for a declaration that the results be published and made available to him within seven days of the receipt of the court process
The applicant also sought for an order that the comprehensive list/interview panel records of current staff (including indigenous staff of Delta State) of the University between 1st January 2014 to date should be produced.
Besides, he prayed that the criteria and comprehensive guidelines for determining eligibility for employment in the University; being a Federal Government Owned University should also be produced”.