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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over \u201cmissing subsidy payments\u201d.<\/p>\n

The organisation is seeking a probe of allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

The suit followed the grim allegations documented by the Auditor-General of the Federation in the 2016 and 2019 annual reports that the public funds are missing.<\/p>\n

In the suit, number FHC\/L\/CS\/1107\/23 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking an order of mandamus to compel Tinubu to act.<\/p>\n

It wants the President to direct the anti-corruption agencies to probe subsidy payments made by governments since 1999, name and prosecute suspected perpetrators and recover missing funds.<\/p>\n

The recovered proceeds should be used as palliatives to address the impact of the subsidy removal on poor Nigerians, the suit demanded.<\/p>\n

The group said misuse of public monies was a \u201cfundamental breach of anti corruption laws and international obligations including under the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tinubu government has constitutional and international legal obligations to get to the bottom of these allegations and ensure accountability for these serious crimes against the Nigerian people,\u201d SERAP added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over \u201cmissing subsidy payments\u201d. The organisation is seeking a probe of allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are unaccounted for. 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