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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, BudgIT, and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria due to its failure to withdraw the cybersecurity levy. The plaintiffs described the circular as unlawful in the case filed last Friday at the Federal High Court FHC/L/CS/822/2024.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to explain how they used the money from the Federal Account Allocation Committee given to states and the FCT since 2019. It also asked them to give out and make public documents on the spending of FAAC […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and other 35 state governors one-week ultimatum to provide the loan agreements and spending details of the loans “obtained by their states and the FCT.” SERAP’s requests also included the “details and […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to bring back Senator Abdul Ningi, who was suspended for three months due to his accusation of budget padding. Ningi,the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, was suspended for three months over an interview in which he alleged that the National Assembly padded the 2024 […]