Abuja, Dec. 28, 2025 – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the 36 state governors and Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, for their failure to account for N14 trillion fuel subsidy savings
The organization disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
It said the suit, FHC/L/MSC/1424/2025, was filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos last Friday
SERAP alleged that the governors and the FCT minister collected the funds as proceeds from the increased allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee following the removal of fuel subsidy in May 2023, but failed to use the funds for to improve the lots of the masses.
SERAP is urging the court to compel the state governors to disclose details and the location of the projects executed, if any, with the increased FAAC allocations from the savings from the removal of fuel subsidy.
The statement reads in parts “The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in 2024 distributed N28.78 trillion from the removal of subsidy on petrol to the three tiers of government, representing a 79 per cent increase from the previous year.
“State governments’ allocations increased by 45.5 per cent to N5.22 trillion. Monthly distributions in 2025 have reportedly exceeded N1.6 trillion.
“However, despite the increased allocations of public funds to states and FCT, millions of poor and socially and economically vulnerable Nigerians have not benefited from the savings.
“Many states reportedly owe civil servants’ salaries and pensions. Several states continue to borrow to pay salaries. Millions of Nigerians resident in several states and the FCT continue to be denied access to basic public services.
“Several years of allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the spending of public funds by several states and entrenched impunity of perpetrators have undermined public trust and confidence in governments at all levels.”
SERAP said Nigerians had the right to know how public funds, including fuel subsidy savings, are spent by state governments and the FCT administration.
