{"id":94087,"date":"2023-08-13T21:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T20:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nass-allowances-serap-takes-akpabio-abass-to-court"},"modified":"2023-08-14T00:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:22:07","slug":"nass-allowances-serap-takes-akpabio-abass-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nass-allowances-serap-takes-akpabio-abass-to-court","title":{"rendered":"NASS allowances: SERAP takes Akpabio, Abass to court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas over \u201cthe unlawful plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as \u2018palliatives\u2019 for new members.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suit is coming on the heels of the statement by Akpabio that the Clerk of the National Assembly had sent \u201choliday allowances\u201d into the \u201cvarious bank accounts of senators\u201d.<\/p>\n

Some 137 million Nigerians face extreme poverty.<\/p>\n

In the suit number FHC\/L\/CS\/1606\/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas to review and reduce the N40 billion budgeted to buy 465 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials.<\/p>\n

The organization is also seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel Akpabio and Mr Abbas to repeal the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2022.<\/p>\n

The suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Ms Blessing Ogwuche, read in part: \u201cThe plan to spend N110bn is a fundamental breach of constitutional and international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planned spending of N110bn is a breach of section 57 (4) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 which provides that: \u2018All persons in whose hands public funds may be entrusted for whatever purpose should bear in mind that its utilization should be Judicious.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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