The International Institute for Humanitarian and Environmental Law has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan and six others to a Federal High Court in Abuja for failing to fully implement the National Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme.
In an application brought under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, the Institute claimed that the failure to implement the scheme constituted a threat to the life of the Nigerian people.
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