The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to slash proposed budgets for the Presidency and the National Assembly. The organisation argued that the funds, amounting to N9.4bn for the Presidency’s travel, meals, and catering expenses, and N344.85bn…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices to immediately direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the cybersecurity levy on Nigerians as it patently violates the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended] and the country’s international human rights obligations and commitments.”…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the governors of the 36 states of the Federation, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their failure to account for, and publish the agreements of the N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT,…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT.” The suit followed the damning revelations by…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) before the Federal High Court in Abuja over revenue accountability months after subsidy removal. The suit FHC/ABJ/CS/1719/2023 challenged NNPCL over “failure to disclose details of Nigeria’s daily oil production, exportation and the total amounts of revenues…
Reject social media bill, SERAP urges National Assembly The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, “to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill which if passed would unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and privacy.” SERAP urged them…
