The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over what it describes as the “unlawful suspension” of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly. Last Tuesday, President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825 billion and $2.5 billion allocated for refinery rehabilitation, as reported in the 2021 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation….
The leadership of the National Assembly members is being sued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for allegedly increasing the operating expenses of legislators. Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas and Senate President Godswill Akpabio joined the lawsuit. “The unlawful practice of the National Assembly of establishing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs provided to members,” according to the group, was not addressed by the two. Deputy Director of SERAP Kolawole Oluwadare revealed this in a Friday statement stating that the lawsuit was submitted to the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
