The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to immediately reverse the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.…. SERAP described it as “patently unlawful” and a violation of her right to freedom of expression. Natasha was suspended for six months last week following allegations of “speaking without permission” and refusing to…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its recent decision to increase Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees. SERAP argues that the fee hike is “unlawful, unfair, unreasonable, and unjust” and seeks a court order to stop its implementation.The suit, filed at the…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun to name and ensure the prosecution of the contractors who collected over N167 billion from 31 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) but failed to…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given President Bola Tinubu a seven-day ultimatum to address alleged corruption in the oil sector… The group is urging him to direct the Attorney General, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and anti-corruption agencies to investigate the disappearance of over N26 billion. In 2021, the funds were reportedly missing, diverted, or…
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has endorsed the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)’s call for a probe into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over alleged mismanagement of N825 billion and $2.5 billion in oil revenue. The CNPP said it has, on many occasions, called for the probe of the (NNPCL)…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to address allegations of unaccounted funds totaling N825 billion and $2.5 billion in the company’s operations. The missing funds were reportedly meant for “refinery rehabilitation” and other oil revenues, as documented…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publish his asset declaration. The group has also requested him to encourage the Vice President Kashim Shettima, Ministers, National Assembly leaders, Governors, and Local government chairpersons to follow suit. In a letter dated December…
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,…
