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SERAP asks Buhari to ‘probe alleged misuse of N4.5bn COVID-19 funds by Kogi govt’

On March 28, 202110:01 amIn News, Politicsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate alleged misuse of the N4.5 billion donations, loans and support the Kogi State government obtained from the Federal Government, including N90,720,000 reportedly spent
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SERAP seeks spending details of $25Bn CBN overdrafts from 1999

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On March 16, 20214:28 pmIn Videosby Bankole

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SERAP seeks spending details of $25Bn CBN overdrafts from 1999

On March 7, 20212:37 pmIn Newsby Lawal Sherifat

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Federal Government since May 29, 2015. SERAP also demanded for the total overdrafts, the projects on which the overdrafts had been spent;
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$25bn CBN overdraft: SERAP writes Buhari, seeks spending details of overdrafts since 1999

On March 7, 202111:14 amIn Newsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “provide spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Federal Government since May 29, 2015 including the total overdrafts, the projects on which the overdrafts have been spent; repayment of all overdrafts to date,
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SERAP wants Buhari to probe missing N11trn electricity fund

On March 4, 20217:03 amIn Newsby Nwafor

By Henry Ojelu THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate all the alleged missing N11 trillion funds allocated for the execution of electricity projects since 1999. Speaking at a press conference, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Oluwadare Kolawole, said that despite President Buhari’s promise to intensify the fight against corruption,
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COVID-19: SERAP writes Adamu, seeks probe of ‘missing billions’ in water ministry, agencies

On February 28, 202112:02 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to the Minister of Water Resources Engr. Suleiman Adamu, urging him to “clarify the action that his Ministry has taken to address and find the alleged billions missing from the Ministry and its agencies, and if there is relevant admissible evidence of
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Release Ganduje’s aide now, criticism is not a crime, SERAP tells security agents

On February 27, 20214:20 pmIn News, Politicsby Nwafor

By Nwafor Sunday The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has condemned the alleged arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, ex-aide to the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Salihu on Friday criticized President Muhammadu Buhari, and other Nigerian governors over the spate of killings, abductions, rape and other insecurity issues in the country. He demanded
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Zamfara: ‘Treat abductions of students as a breach of UN Charter,’ SERAP urges UN Security Council

On February 26, 20212:50 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to “urgently hold a special session on Nigeria and to visit the country to press the authorities to end continuing abductions of students and the increasing level of insecurity across the country.” The organization
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Kagara: SERAP asks Buhari to probe, recover ‘billions missing from UBEC, SUBEBs’

On February 21, 202111:38 amIn News, Politicsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations of corruption in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) between 2004
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SERAP asks court to stop Buhari from using ‘draconian CAMA 2020 to target activists’

On February 14, 202112:22 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “stop President Muhammadu Buhari from implementing draconian and unlawful provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 which allow the Federal Government to arbitrarily merge a new association with an already registered association; to suspend and remove
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