By Uthman Baba-Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
The Minna High Court number two,has ordered the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Schools in Niger State, to pay the sum of Five Million Naira as damages and One million naira as cost of litigation to the Incorporated trustees of Niger State Parents Teachers of Nigeria (NIPTAN),<\/p>\n
Similarly,the court has refrained the defendants from interfering in the affairs of the plaintiff under whatever reasons affirming that the plaintiff is a registered association under the corporate affairs Commission that has the constitutional right to carry out its activities without any interference.<\/p>\n
This was the outcome of the Judgement delivered by Justice Mikaila Abdullahi in the
\ncase number,NSHC\/MN\/446 2025 instituted against the defendants.<\/p>\n
The Plaintiff some time in 2025,approached the court through its Attorney Abubakar Sadiq Maaji,Esq,to challenge the dissolution of the Niger State Parents Teachers Association executive committee and inaugurated a caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the State chapter of the association.<\/p>\n
Joined in the suite include,the National Parents Teachers Association,the Director General of Niger State Schools Reform Hajiya Maimuna Mohammed,and the caretaker committee inaugurated by the defendants.<\/p>\n
Justice Mikaila Abdullahi, held that the actions of the defendants to dissolve the executive committee of the association is illegal,null and void and ordered that the defendants has no any constitutional right to pocknose into the legitimate affairs of the plaintiff and refrained the defendants from taking any further action against the plaintiff.<\/p>\n
He further held that the plaintiff, being an incorporated entity by the corporate affairs Commission (CAC) has been constitutionally empowered by law to operate as an incorporated trustee to carry out its constitutional duty as enshrined by law without any interference.<\/p>\n
Justice Mikaila,further, held that the action of the defendants to inaugurate the caretaker committee to replace the existing constitutional body of the Niger State parents Teachers Association (NIPTAN) amount to the violation of its right of association as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) as amended.<\/p>\n
He then ordered that the defendants should henceforth refrain from any further action that will amount to illegally interfering into the legitimate activities of the plaintiff.<\/p>\n
He then awarded the sum of six million naira to the plaintiff as cost of damages and cost of litigation respectively.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the Judgement,the chairman of NIPTAN in Niger State,Alhaji Yunusa Adamu described the outcome of the legal battle as a victory to the association and to the entire parents in Niger State and the country in general.<\/p>\n
He said the judgement has opened a new chapter into the association that will now be geared towards moving the association further in improving the standard of the educational development in the state and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n
He commended the judge for displaying unwavering courage in arriving at giving this erudite judgement and damning the consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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