Adetokunbo Mumuni, the Executive Director of SERAP, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday.
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Executive Director of the organisation, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said in a statement that a letter on the demand had be sent to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, adding that SERAP would institute a suit against the commission if it failed to comply.
SERAP made the call in a statement by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on Wednesday.
The organization is also seeking “information on the status of implementation of the 25-year national energy development plan, and whether the Code of Ethics of the privatization process which bars staff of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and members of the National Council on Privatization (NCP) from buying shares in companies being privatized were deliberately flouted.”
The position of the organisation was contained in a statement released on Sunday
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had on Friday released a list of some of those who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury
The new rates for the toll charges at the Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gates were implemented on February 1 by the LCC
The audit committee, established last month by Buhari, is to undertake an audit of all recovery accounts established by government agencies.
SERAP made the criticism on Tuesday in Abuja, in an open letter to Justice Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of the Federation which was signed by Adetokunbo Mumuni, its Executive Director.
Oke, a lecturer at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Lagos, said at a media launch of a report on the power sector, regretted that with the trillions allegedly invested in the sector, the country has yet to enjoy uninterrupted power supply.
Saraki told the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Tuesday that he wrote a letter to the state government to stop the payment of the pension “the moment I saw that SERAP allegation”.
Under the proposed law, sponsored by Linus Okorie (PDP, Ebonyi), suspected looters of the public treasury would enjoy full and complete amnesty; not face any probe, inquiry or prosecution; and “shall not be compelled to disclose the source of their looted funds” as long as they invest their ill-gotten wealth in Nigeria
The organization urged Osinbajo to “assent to the budget only if it truly reflects national development priorities, and not serve as a tool to satisfy the lifestyle of our lawmakers. To allow public funds to be spent as proposed by the National Assembly would disproportionately affect the socially and economically vulnerable and push them deeper into poverty and deprivation”
The US embassy said the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are in regular communication with the Nigerian Attorney General and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding further cooperation needed to conclude pending asset forfeiture cases and to develop a mechanism for the timely and transparent repatriation of those assets
The organization also called on Buhari to “ensure legal backing for his government’s whistle-blowing policy by vigorously pursuing the passing by the National Assembly of the Whistle-blower Bill”
SERAP’s statement on Tuesday, signed by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, followed the disclosure by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, that in the last few weeks, the office has received a few cases of Nigerians with valid multiple-entry US visas being denied entry and sent back to Nigeria
The organization also urged SADC to use the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation within SADC to immediately set up an independent and impartial body to investigate all acts of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals
The organization asked Idris to compile and pass on information on the spending of the funds by states to Malami so that he can take appropriate legal action
The letter was made available to the press on Sunday
The organization also urged President Buhari to “urgently publish the outcome of the investigation conducted on the matter by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN, and to ask Mr Malami to hand over the file to both the EFCC and ICPC”