The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the “weaponisation” of the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies, but instead focus on ways to revive the national economic hardship. SERAP noted that the free expression of fundamental human rights is significant and should not be suppressed, accusing the Tinubu-led government of …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The organisation described the move as necessary so as to ensure financial transparency. The lawsuit demands the publication of detailed spending reports and agreements related to loans acquired by the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari. Filed …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a warning to the Federal Government to reverse the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). SERAP also threatened to engage in legal action against the government if it failed to reverse the levy within a 48-hour. The non-governmental organisation stated this Tuesday via its …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the nnpc Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing $2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues”. According to SERAP, this followed the allegations documented in the recently published 2020 audited report by the Auditor-General of the Federation that NNPCL failed …

Advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to release to it copies of the loan agreements obtained by the governments of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. It also called on the President to make public “the spending details of any such loans as well as the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, and the National Assembly at the Federal High Court, Abuja over failure to disclose, clarify and explain the details of N344.85 billion National Assembly budget, and the rationale for several budget items, such as the N6 billion budgeted …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), yesterday, urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, to reduce the National Assembly budget of N344.85 billion to reflect the current economic realities in the country, and cut the cost of governance. SERAP urged them “to request President Bola Tinubu to present a fresh …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank to halt loans to Nigeria’s 36 states, citing allegations of mismanagement of public funds. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed that each Nigerian carries a debt of N396,376.19. Nigeria’s total public debt surged by 75.27 per cent, reaching N87.38tn in Q2 2023. SERAP, in a letter called on …

The controversies trailing the procurement of 360 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) by the House of Representatives have taken a new twist as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the lawmakers from procuring and taking delivery of cars. SERAP is urging the court to put in place the interim order …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to probe the alleged missing and unaccounted $15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries between 2020 and 2021, as documented by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). SERAP also urged the President to …