Views: Visits 3 Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), and members of the National Assembly suspected to be responsible for inserting N39.5bn for apparently 316 duplicated and mysterious projects in the 2021 budget.” SERAP said: “Any such investigation should establish whether public funds have been mismanaged, diverted or stolen in the guise of implementing the duplicated and mysterious projects. Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any stolen public funds should be fully recovered.”
SERAP urges Buhari to investigate MDAs, NASS over alleged N39 5bn duplicated, mysterious projects
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to probe what it describes as 316 duplicated projects in the 2021 budget.
SERAP made the request known via a statement issued on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, adding that President Buhari should direct the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to carry out the investigation.
The group wants the Minister to also “investigate ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), and members of the National Assembly suspected to be responsible for inserting N39.5bn for apparently 316 duplicated and mysterious projects in the 2021 budget.”
“Any such investigation should establish whether public funds have been mismanaged, diverted or stolen in the guise of implementing the duplicated and mysterious projects,” the statement partly read.
Views: Visits 4 By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate Mnistries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, and members of the National Assembly suspected to be responsible for inserting alleged N39.5 billion for apparently 316 duplicated and mysterious projects in the 2021 budget. In the letter dated May 8, 2021, by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, stated: “Any such investigation should establish whether public funds have been mismanaged, diverted or stolen in the guise of implementing the duplicated and mysterious projects and anyone suspected to be responsible should be prosecuted appropriately, “if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any stolen public funds should be fully recovered.”.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate Mnistries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, and members of the National Assembly suspected to be responsible for inserting alleged N39.5 billion for apparently 316 duplicated and mysterious projects in the 2021 budget.
In the letter dated May 8, 2021, by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, stated: “Any such investigation should establish whether public funds have been mismanaged, diverted or stolen in the guise of implementing the duplicated and mysterious projects and anyone suspected to be responsible should be prosecuted appropriately, “if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any stolen public funds should be fully recovered.”.
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