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 …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has blamed oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta for the environmental degradation in the region. The group’s position is contained in a report commissioned by SERAP titled, “We Are All Vulnerable. How Lack Of Transparency and Accountability Is Fueling Human Rights Violations in the Niger Delta’’. It called on the federal …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse what it described as the “unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditation of those affected”. SERAP urged the President “to publicly instruct the officials in the Presidential …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the stoppage of further collection of life pensions and other allowances of former governors who are serving as ministers in his administration from the states while they serve as ministers. SERAP also urged the President to instruct the former governors to immediately return any pension and allowances …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it would file a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio concerning the disbursement of “holiday allowances” to Senators by the Clerk of the National Assembly. This contentious move comes at a time when almost 70 per cent of Nigerians are grappling with severe economic challenges. In a brief statement via its official X …