Tag: SERAP

  • TWITTER BAN: SERAP SUES BUHARI, LAI MOHAMMED

    TWITTER BAN: SERAP SUES BUHARI, LAI MOHAMMED

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, at the Federal High Court in Abuja over the directive to all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the use of Twitter. The National Broadcasting Commission had given the directive following the suspension…

  • Recession: SERAP urges Buhari to cut governance cost

    Recession: SERAP urges Buhari to cut governance cost

    Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to cut the cost of governance and implement bold transparency and accountability measures in response to Nigeria’s second recession in five years. The organisation said this in a letter dated November 21, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. The organisation blamed the…

  • Publish report on corruption probe, SERAP tells Lawan, Gbajabiamila

    Publish report on corruption probe, SERAP tells Lawan, Gbajabiamila

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, urging them to urgently publish all reports of completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly since the return of democracy in 1999.…

  • NDDC: Set up investigative panel now, SERAP tells Buhari

    NDDC: Set up investigative panel now, SERAP tells Buhari

    The Socio-Econom­ic Rights and Ac­countability Project (SERAP), a non-gov­ernmental Organization, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Bu­hari, asking him to urgently set up a presidential investi­gative panel to probe grave corruption allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in­cluding allegations that the agency illegally spent N81.5 billion on travels, condolenc­es, consultancy and…