Tag: SERAP

SERAP wants Buhari to probe, recover missing billions from UBEC, SUBEBs

Aminu Imam

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), to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations of corruption in the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) and the State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) between 2004 and 2020, including missing N3.8 billion documented in the 2017 Annual Report by the Auditor-General of the Federation, (AdGF)”. In the open letter dated 20 February 2021 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare,…

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“Probe missing N4.4 bn NASS funds” – SERAP tells Lawan, Gbajabiamila

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the House of Reps. Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila to “use their good offices to urgently probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen, as documented in three audited reports by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation”. In the open letter, dated January 30, 2021 and signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “By exercising…

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“Borrowing dormant account balances, unclaimed dividends illegal” – SERAP to Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari regarding his government’s move to borrow unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances owned by Nigerians in any bank in the country. President Buhari has signed a Finance Act, last December, which would allow the government to borrow unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances owned by Nigerians in any bank in the country. Reacting to the move, SERAP has called on Buhari “to promptly drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn…

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Recession: ‘Nigeria is broke’ – Atiku

Aminu Imam

Says FG can’t afford 2021 Budget Cut cost of governance now – SERAP tells Buhari  Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has stated that Nigeria is broke and advised the Nigerian government that the 2021 proposed budget is no longer tenable. The former V-P, in a Twitter thread yesterday, stated that the nation cannot afford the luxurious items in the N13.08 trillion budget proposal. His advice is coming as Nigeria officially slided into a second economic recession in 5 years following 2 successive negative quarters growth. The Wazirin Adamawa further stated…

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We spent over N31 billion in four months to fight COVID-19 – FG

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion.” In response to a freedom of information (FoI) request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE), Ahmed Idris, Accountant-General of the Federation, said the amount spent represents 84 percent of N36.3 billion COVID-19 donations received from April to July. In a letter signed by Kolawole…

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