“Several years after the country’s power sector was privatized, millions of Nigerian households particularly the socially and economically vulnerable sectors of the population continue to complain about outrageous bills for electricity not consumed, and poor power supply from distribution firms.”
The letter read partly, “SERAP urges your new Administration to initiate discussions with the Nigerian government to fulfill these objectives within an agreed framework and timeline. Simultaneously, the Administration should instruct the Justice Department to initiate civil asset forfeiture proceedings in regard to the above-referenced $500 million in assets described above.”
SERAP also noted that allegations of corruption in the energy sector have “resulted in the epileptic and interrupted supply of electricity and corresponding deprivation and denial of the citizens’ access to quality healthcare, adequate food, shelter, clothing, water, sanitation, medical care, schooling, and access to information.”
22 August 2016, Abuja – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been asked to re-open…
According to SERAP, “To justify project insertion in the budget is to place the interest of the leaders of House of Representatives over and above the public interest.”
It added that, “Budget padding also amounts to corruption as the action is against public interest. Any appearance of corruption in the budget process can result in a cynical public or losing interest in political participation altogether.”
12 June 2016, Lagos — Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to “stand up to…
…Moves to set aside court order Oscarline Onwuemenyi 25 May 2016, Sweetcrude, Abuja – The immediate-past Finance Minister and Coordinating…
11 May 2016, Lagos — Ahead of the International Anticorruption Summit in the UK this week, a civil society group…
The group further said it hopes that the CCB will learn from the lessons of the Panama Papers to combat the abuse of the asset declaration requirements and not wait for further international disclosures that may implicate even more public officers in corruption and money laundering.
