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The suit is "over their failure to for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT".

The Socio-Economic Rights and ability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigerian governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike.

The suit is "over their failure to for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT".

The suit followed the revelations by former president Muhammadu Buhari who in December 2022 stated, "If the money from the Federation to the state is about N100m, N50m will be sent to the chairman but he will sign that he received N100 million. The chairman will pocket the balance and share it."

In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/231/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court to "direct and compel the governors to publish details of LGA allocations and actual disbursement of the allocations to local governments in their respective states from 1999 to date."

SERAP is also asking the court to "compel and direct Mr Wike to publish details of federal allocations meant for the Area Councils in the FCT and the actual disbursement of the allocations to the Area Councils in the FCT from 1999 to date."

In the suit, SERAP argues thus: "The Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], the Freedom of Information Act, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights impose transparency obligations on the governors and Mr Wike to publish the details of LGA allocations and actual disbursement in their states and the FCT.

"State governors and Mr Wike cannot hide under the excuse that the Freedom of Information Act is not applicable to their states and the FCT. The legal obligations to publish the information sought are also imposed by the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights."

The suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers Kolawole Oluwadare, Kehinde Oyewumi and Andrew Nwankwo, read in part: "Opacity in the amounts of federal allocations actually disbursed to local governments in the states and FCT has continued to have negative impacts on the fundamental interests of the citizens."

It said, "The governors and Mr Wike have a legal responsibility to promote transparency and ability in the actual disbursement and spending of federal allocations meant for local government areas in the states and FCT and to ensure that the allocations are dully and fully disbursed to the local governments.

"Despite the country's enormous oil wealth, ordinary Nigerians have derived very little benefit from oil money primarily because of widespread grand corruption, and the culture of impunity of perpetrators.

"Combating the corruption epidemic in the spending of federal allocations meant for local government areas in the states and FCT would alleviate poverty, improve access of Nigerians to basic public goods, and enhance the ability of the local governments to effectively and efficiently discharge their constitutional and statutory responsibilities.

"According to our information, the 36 states in Nigeria and the federal capital territory, Abuja, have collected over N40 trillion federal allocations meant for the 774 local governments areas in the country and FCT.

"The Federation Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed to states N225.21 billion federal allocations meant for local governments in November 2023 alone. States also collected N258,810,449,711.47 federal allocations meant for local government areas in December 2023.

"However, there is opacity in the actual disbursement of federal allocations to the local government areas in the states and FCT. States and the FCT have over the years failed and/or refused to disclose the portion of federal allocations that are disbursed to local governments.

"Former president Muhammadu Buhari recently alleged that state governors routinely pocket or divert federal allocations meant for local governments areas in their states."

https://platinumtimes.ng/serap-drags-govs-wike-to-court-over-failure-to--for-n40-trillion-missing-lg-funds/

Wahala be like wetin again?......

One of the reasons l hate APC is the fact that they share sensitive government positions to cronies instead of capable hands that will work for the masses.

Serap always suing with no reasonable conclusion to any of the cases

I rarely see serap win any of these cases make una dey play

Trillions

InfoGuru118:



https://platinumtimes.ng/serap-drags-govs-wike-to-court-over-failure-to--for-n40-trillion-missing-lg-funds/

Every political office holder appointed or elected want to steal this country dry

This country

We need more of agitator groups like SERAP. We have left the enterprise of our collective future and those of our unborn children in the hands of these reckless people called politicians for way too long.

This one coming from SERAP is a lot commendable. I hope Justice takes its course.

A great country is never built by politicians.

My humble submission!

Nigeria is gone!

"Too much to not be a joke."

40 trillion?

40 trillion…. My father my father. Nigeria is gone!

Governors are the problem of this federation. When i was growing up, LG do road on our streets and drainages. Governors have bastardized this development.

The local government chairpersons were Wike's puppets while he was governor of Rivers State. So I am not surprised if he is being fingered in the embezzlement of local government funds just like the previous governors did and the current ones are still into the same practice.

Did they say N40 Trillion? How much is our budget for the year? How can allocation for LGA be higher than the year budget? Please someone should please give me an answer.

wow..

40 trillion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipv0Mt75Ipk

fixedhollies:
40 trillion…. My father my father. Nigeria is gone!

E shock you too abi
If we don't start ing this non-govermental organisations like SERAP to fight the government, nothing will change.!

nfac:
These guys are the most courageous group in Nigeria

I dey tell you

Noted.

I laugh in Cantonese

You see corruption, it always fights back as the average Nigerian is weak,dumb and clueless.
Tinupoo is the result

Wike is the richest man in Nigeria :by way of theft

These ones have been suing since. No end product

Mba!!! 40T is alot now. May be they meant 40B.

Funkyswagzz:
I rarely see serap win any of these cases make una dey play

You're right. But the main thing is SERAP have done their part letting you masses know the real enemies. It is now left to the masses to fight the looters or continue in poverty. At times I just wonder how do we really get here very heartless people in power milking the money meant for the masses without pity or remorse.

Ken4Christ:
Did they say N40 Trillion? How much is our budget for the year? How can allocation for LGA be higher than the year budget? Please someone should please give me an answer.

Since 1999.

The aLOOTa must CONTINUA o.


I wonder who's teaching who a lesson now

These Serap clowns are jokers. Nobody takes them serious again.


Fight one reasonable cause and see it to a logical conclusion. No be to dey sue every week with nothing to show for it.

PheelzAlmighty:
I laugh in Cantonese

You see corruption, it always fights back as the average Nigerian is weak,dumb and clueless.
Tinupoo is the result

Dollop heads like this one will never read even if their survival depends on it

Nigeria na criminal enterprise. Even Tinubu source of wealth is very questionable.

Criminals ruling criminals.

Government is sponsoring serap to make it look as if someone is dragging them.

They have never won any case against government from the beginning.


Serap is sponsored by government.