Abuja, May 19, 2024 – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the FCT minister and 36 state governors for their failure to account for the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations since 1999.
SERAP said in a statement on Sunday that the suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/666/2024, was filed on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
SERAP is urging the court to direct and compel the state governors and FCT Minister to publish spending details of the FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999 including the list and locations of projects executed with the money.”
“Nigerians ought to know in what manner public funds including FAAC allocations, are spent by the governors and FCT minister.
“Opacity in the spending of the FAAC allocations collected by the governors and Mr Wike would continue to have negative impacts on the fundamental interests of the citizens.
“Trillions of FAAC allocations received by Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT have allegedly gone down the drain. The resulting human costs directly threaten the human rights of socially and economically vulnerable Nigerians.” (GBN)
