Tag: SERAP

SERAP asks Buhari to probe N11tr Electricity Fund as outage persists

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply has been allegedly squandered by governments since 1999. SERAP said anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any missing public funds should be traced and fully recovered. SERAP’s letter followed the collapse of the…

Read More

“Probe trillions wasted on dead refineries or face legal action”, SERAP tells Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Issues 7-day ultimatum The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and mismanagement of public money budgeted for the rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of the refineries since 1999.” “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any mismanaged public funds should be fully recovered”, SERAP…

Read More

SERAP drags Buhari to court over failure to probe misuse of security votes by governors

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to promptly probe allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors since 1999, and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible. The suit followed Buhari’s 2022 New Year Message, in which he raised concerns about “the persistent insecurity in certain parts of the country,” and his promise in his 2015 inaugural speech to “check gross corruption and ensure that there is accountability at all levels of government…

Read More

‘SERAP, other NGOs working to destabilise Nigeria’ – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Nigeria are working against the country’s interests. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this yesterday, when he featured on a radio phone-in programme. The minister said Nigerians should be circumspect about the activities of many NGOs, adding that the government received reports that some of the NGOs were on the payroll of foreign agents, traducers with ulterior motives to destabilise Nigeria. The minister gave the example of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), which sued the Federal…

Read More

SERAP sues Buhari, Lai over ‘failure to publish copy of agreement with Twitter’

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to publish a copy of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with Twitter, Inc, and the failure to publish the details of the terms and conditions of any such agreement.” Joined in the suit as Respondent is Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture. The Federal Government had in January lifted the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria, stating that, “Twitter has agreed to act with a respectful acknowledgment of…

Read More

N3.1bn allegedly missing at Federal Ministry of Finance

Aminu Imam

…Buhari sued again President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court afresh “over his failure to probe allegations that N3.1 billion of public funds is missing from the Federal Ministry of Finance. The litigant is the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP). It also sued Buhari over his failure to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible and the recovery of any missing public funds. The suit followed the allegations by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in the 2018 and 2019 Annual Audited Reports that…

Read More

Insecurity: ‘Probe alleged misuse of security votes by Governors’ – SERAP tells Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Amnesty Int’l, Human Rights Watch, CSOs, others express solidarity The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors. According to SERAP, “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any mismanaged public funds should be fully recovered.” Buhari had in his 2022 New Year…

Read More

SERAP writes Buhari, seeks probe of ‘missing N3.1bn in Finance Ministry’

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “use his good offices to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged or diverted from the Federal Ministry of Finance. The organisation said the allegations are documented in the 2018 and 2019 annual audited reports by the Auditor-General of the Federation. According to SERAP, “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate,…

Read More

N6tr NDDC Funds: SERAP sues Buhari over failure to publish suspected looters’ names

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), between 2000 and 2019, as documented in the recent Forensic Audit Report on NDDC”. In the suit, filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare and Opeyemi Owolabi, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel…

Read More

SERAP files suit to stop President Buhari’s N26bn budget on food, travels, others

Aminu Imam

…Says it surpasses allocations for 14 teaching hospitals The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the N26 billion budgetary allocation for meals, travels, sitting allowance, welfare package, and office building. This was contained in a statement issued by the SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, yesterday. The suit was filed last Friday on behalf of the group by its lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Ms. Adelanke Aremo. According to SERAP, “The government would continue to borrow to fund the country’s budget until there…

Read More