Great!! Wish same could be applied to the Federal Character Commission. Stuff makes no sense to me. Let merit rule.

Nice One!
More Space for kids with brains .

I think its long over due... In those days i applied for abu zaria and i got 251 points in my jamb (note in those days euen 200 in jamb exam was a magnificient result).... but i wasnt given admision insted... 2 of my friends from another nothern tribe that got lower scores in both jamb and post jamb were given admision in the same department we all applied.... So as a young lad tribalim was engraved in my heart through experience...... Now i see those same people shoutimg one nigeria all i do is just laugh... Because at my first opportunity i would change nationality so help me God.... #I lost faith in nigeria a long time ago

Hopefully this is a sign that slowly but STEADILY our judiciary is returning our country back to the path of civilisation after decades of crude decrees by military dictators that created a LAWLESS society ruled by MIGHT rather than by the basic principles of equity, fairness and human RIGHTS.

We shall get there surely!!!

One of the best news this year . . . .this is it . . .

I don't understand d content of dis topic at all

You see that hardworking is hardly encouraged in the government system.

Same reason I couldn't get employed in nnpc after scoring 75% as my state pass mark was pegged at 80% while Kano candidates had 40% as pass mark.

Injustice

obainojazz:
.if this happens..only people from east and west will enter d school...hihi...north having dull brains since 1914..
and why all the Igbo states high...even Ebonyi ..

That is not true, some Northerners are exceptional gifted academically

Keneking:
Too late because our new government in 2015 would work on this seriously

Will you die if its implemented today? Learn to bite words before you speak...

Very good.some people shouldn't be drawing Nigeria backward.

K

lt is high time..it is too discriminating can't forget losing admission to Federal Government College Ijaniki Lagos despite my high mark all because am from lmo state while kids who scored one-third of my score got admitted all in d name of quota!

thats very good.

merit must rule. thats the only way the country can move forward.

enough of quota system

I've always known that all these injustice with Federal character will be overturned as the day goes by. Kudos to Gej and Olisa.

Dis is 2 formally announce 2 all my luvly friends, fans, and family dat I av started accepting chrismas gift, it can be in cash, cheques, chickens, goats, cows, rams, foodstuff, and beverages den vouchers card,laptops, tablets, iphones, andriod phones,blackberry phones,etc, pls send urs early to avoid the rush hour, last minute gift wil not be accepted thanks

Thank you Olisa Agbakoba SAN

good development. quota system should be scrapped

The eastern state always having high cut off from inception, especially imo and anambra...denied admission despite my cut off way higher than other nothern candidate

It really all boils down to good leadership really. If we adopt the merit system especially in all government institutions, it will really go a long way. Sure many people will be affected when this change finally comes( i might even be inclusive..lol) But the main result is for the future of our country. A lecturer of mine told us that in france to get into the civil service you have to come out with a 2:1 from the university. Now tell me why won't there be progress in such service. We need a total overhaul of all the institutions in the hands of the government only then can we begin to progress. Because the problem of our beloved country lies in these institutions.

My Anambra seems to be d highest

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all hope is not lost

after almost 2 months i finally meet someone that shares my ideology and agrees that what we need to change is not PDP or APC but the system in itself..

for a moment I almost thought everybody had become brainwashed by propaganda from this politicians..

lets fight the system the time is now!!!

bless you

Finally!!! While reading this news, I was all smiles. God bless Olisa Agbakogba!!! One of my best lawyers in the country.

Nigeria is on the right path should this be implemented.

I have always mentioned Olisa as one real Progressive!

This is the progressive I believe in!
If I can have Olisa Agbakoba, Ben Bruce, Abubakar Umar, Wole Soyinka and their likes coming together to for a Progressive party, then I can join.

On the judgment, it is coming too little too late.
I have already given up on Nigeria!

It is sickening to be reminded that such a retrogressive system has been in existence for decades... A country which glaringly discourages and suppresses intelligence, hardwork and competence and then goes ahead to promote and glorify incompetence and mediocrity... and yet we wonder why our educational system keeps declining everyday when we practice Kakistocracy.

I really hope and pray that this judgement would be upheld and extended to every other facet of our lives - University admission, federal appointments, federal scholarships etc.

Kudos to Agbakoba!

Mrkuvuki:


Will you die if its implemented today? Learn to bite words before you speak...

Our government shall have a lean cabinet ---made up of ten ministerial post by 2015.

hayoakins:


That is not true, some Northerners are exceptional gifted academically

I agree sha...dey good in kidnapping women and making bombs

It amazes me why any right thinking man/woman (especially from the south) will look at Nigeria today and call GEJ clueless and weak!!!!! The only Nigerian president so far that has shown the guts to face the north and recover our dear country from them by reversing most of the sickening policies tactically enacted by their military brothers to perpetually enslave the south The only president so far that has gradually given the south a sense of belonging in a country they should originally be kings (by virtue of the number of literates and technocrats therwin)? Simplicity for Christs sake is not weakness!! Open your eyes nigerians!!!!!! Things are gradually taking shape for the first time in this country!!!! Take a look around you folks, asses the caliber and pedigree of people holding political appointments today (ministers and heads of parastatals like NTA, FRSC, NERC, FIRS, NFF, NSC, NSE, CBN, SPMCN, NNPC, NA, NDA, NAF, NAVY, NPA etc) and compare them with those of the past, finally it seems square pegs are being put in square holes. Secondly, Compare the elections of today and those of the past. Compare the level of youth empowerment today (e.g sure-p GIS, YOUWIN, ENG'G SCHOLARSHIP) etc. Compare the level of employment: DSS, NNPC, NERC, NPF, NCS, NTC, MOA, MOE and finally compare the infrastructural development: Lagos-ibadan expressway, the notorious benin-ore expressway, owerri-portharcourt expressway, enugu-onitsha expressway, enugu-owerri, east-west road, kontagora-jega highway, abuja-lokoja!!!!!!!" Cmon folks!!!!! Let's tell ourselves the truth. That man (GEJ) is the best president we have so far. He might not be an orator like obama, but from experience, good leadership gods far beyond the mastery of words and big vocabularies. (Ask anambarians about the man PETER OBI!!!!). Cheers!

When u see a hausa man struggling tooth and nail to entrench the likes of buhari to the seat of power u may not understand his motive. These people really do not care about good governance. A classic example of their want has been exposed.. Undue favouritism and medocrity taking the place of excellence.

ZKOSOSO:
May God Keep Blessing this rare lawyer with a human face !! Olisa was born and raised in the north. So he knows it!!

You can see clearly that it takes a southerner who is born, raise and school in the core muslim North to really appreciate the thick discrimation that exist in this country put in place by ahmadu bello from the 50s till date!

Elds criteria for kids
Catchment area for adult students
Quota system for working class
Federal character for positions and promotions
Muslim/ christian for politicians and traditional institutions. Nearly all palaces in north arefor fulani muslims evenwhen xtians are 90% of the population, eg kafanchan, gwoza, mubi, zuru, all of fct palaces!!
North/south for president

Its almost impossible for a southerner born and raised in the north will not grow up with a sense of hate.

Now let's face this for once!! Are emirs supposed to be paid with govt money?? They are islamic leaders that only use Sharia to rule.
So they are like pastors, rev fathers,bishops etc. So why maintain them with govt fund??

He was raised in the east, Onitsha precisely.

gratiaeo:
DECEMBER 18, 2014 BY RAMON OLADIMEJI
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A Federal High Court in Lagos has entered judgement in favour of an application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, seeking uniform admission requirements into Federal Government Colleges, otherwise called unity schools.

Agbakoba had sued the Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau, over the disparity in the admission requirements for students seeking to study in the unity schools.

Delivering judgement in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1358/2013 on Wednesday, Justice James Tsoho held that such disparities in admission requirements into the Federal Government colleges were against the spirit of Section 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution.

The judge held that since the Constitution was supreme, it would automatically override any administrative law or policies adopted by the Ministry of Education.

The court therefore ordered Shekarau to apply uniform admission requirements, especially cut-off marks, to all candidates seeking admission into unity schools across the country.

In a 19-paragraph affidavit filed in support of his suit, Agbakoba had stated that since the inception of the unity schools, the Federal Government had maintained disparities in admission requirements.

He noted in particular that the Federal Government prescribed different cut-off marks based on the candidates’ gender and their states of origin.

He therefore sought a declaration of the court that the action of the education minister in prescribing and applying different requirements, including cut-off marks, to candidates seeking admission into unity schools was in violation of the Constitution.

He asked the court to grant an order of perpetual injunction restraining the education minister from all further acts of discrimination in admission to the unity schools.
http://www.punchng.com/news/court-cancels-disparity-in-federal-colleges-admission-requirements/


• Abia Male(130) Female (130)
• AkwaIbom Male(123), Female (123)
• Anambra Male(139) Female (139)
• Benue Male (111), Female (111)
• Bayelsa Male (72), Female (72)
• CrossRivers Male (97), Female (97)
• Delta Male (131), Female (131)
• Ebonyi Male (112), Female (112)
• Edo Male (127), Female (127)
• Ekiti Male (119), Female (119)
• Enugu Male (134), Female (1340
• Imo Male (138), Female (138)
• Kogi Male (119), Female (119)
• Kwara Male (123), Female (123)
• Lagos Male (133), Female (133)
• Ogun Male (131), Female (131)
• Ondo Male (126), Female (126)
• Rivers Male (118), Female (118)
• Osun Male (127), Female (127)
• Oyo Male (127), Female (127)
• Plateau Male (97), Female (97)
• Yobe Male (20), Female (27)
• FCTAbuja Male (90), Female (90)
• Kaduna Male (91), Female (91)
• Nasarawa Male (58), Female 58)
• Niger Male (93), Female (93)
• Kano Male (67), Female (67)
• Katsina Male (60), Female (60)
• Adamawa Male (62) Female (62)
• Borno Male (45), Female (45)
• Gombe Male (58), Female (58)
• Jigawa Male(44), Female (44)
• Bauchi Male (35), Female (35)
• Kebbi Male (9), Female (20)
• Sokoto Male (9), Female (13)
• Taraba Male (3), Female (11)
• Zamfara Male (4), Female (2)

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comparing cut off marks for gals from Anambra and Zamfara states which stand at 139 and 2 respectively, a gal from anambra who scores 138 will be denied admission in favor of the one from Zamfara who scores 2 points. Enugu gal must be 70times better to get a place for such basic thing as education, and we have unknowingly lived with these disease till now. Agbakoba, Chukwu gozie gi o o o.

cut007:
It amazes me why any right thinking man/woman (especially from the south) will look at Nigeria today and call GEJ clueless and weak!!!!! The only Nigerian president so far that has shown the guts to face the north and recover our dear country from them by reversing most of the sickening policies tactically enacted by their military brothers to perpetually enslave the south The only president so far that has gradually given the south a sense of belonging in a country they should originally be kings (by virtue of the number of literates and technocrats therwin)? Simplicity for Christs sake is not weakness!! Open your eyes nigerians!!!!!! Things are gradually taking shape for the first time in this country!!!! Take a look around you folks, asses the caliber and pedigree of people holding political appointments today (ministers and heads of parastatals like NTA, FRSC, NERC, FIRS, NFF, NSC, NSE, CBN, SPMCN, NNPC, NA, NDA, NAF, NAVY, NPA etc) and compare them with those of the past, finally it seems square pegs are being put in square holes. Secondly, Compare the elections of today and those of the past. Compare the level of youth empowerment today (e.g sure-p GIS, YOUWIN, ENG'G SCHOLARSHIP) etc. Compare the level of employment: DSS, NNPC, NERC, NPF, NCS, NTC, MOA, MOE and finally compare the infrastructural development: Lagos-ibadan expressway, the notorious benin-ore expressway, owerri-portharcourt expressway, enugu-onitsha expressway, enugu-owerri, east-west road, kontagora-jega highway, abuja-lokoja!!!!!!!" Cmon folks!!!!! Let's tell ourselves the truth. That man (GEJ) is the best president we have so far. He might not be an orator like obama, but from experience, good leadership gods far beyond the mastery of words and big vocabularies. (Ask anambarians about the man PETER OBI!!!!). Cheers!

f9 f9 f9!!!!!!!!!!