The Socio-Financial Rights and Duty Venture has taken felony motion towards President Bola Tinubu over his alleged failure to prosecute contractors who won over N167bn from 31 ministries, branchs, and businesses for initiatives that had been by no means done.
The lawsuit, filed terminating Friday on the Federal Top Court docket in Lagos (go well with quantity FHC/L/MISC/121/2025), additionally indexed the Legal professional Basic of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, as a respondent.
This used to be striking in a press reduce on Sunday titled, “SERAP Sues Tinubu Over Failure to Prosecute Contractors in N167bn Project Fraud in MDAs.”
The reduce, signed by means of SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urges the courtroom to compel Tinubu to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economic system, Wale Edun, to publicly identify the contractors concerned and assure their prosecution.
The organisation could also be in search of a courtroom layout mandating Edun to submit main points of the initiatives, together with their places, the quantities won by means of each and every contractor, and the identities of the shareholders.
“The allegations of corruption involving these contractors have continued to impair, obstruct, and undermine the access of poor Nigerians to essential public goods and services,” SERAP argued in its go well with.
Consistent with SERAP, the 2021 Audited Record by means of the Auditor-Basic of the Federation, revealed on November 13, 2024, noticeable that 31 MDAs jointly paid over N167 billion for initiatives that had been by no means performed.
Particularly, the Nigerian Bulk Electrical energy Buying and selling Plc. unwanted reportedly allotted N100 billion to firms for unexecuted initiatives.
Alternative MDAs implicated come with:
- Nigerian Correctional Provider
- Nationwide Pension Fee, Abuja
- Federal School of Land Sources Generation, Owerri
- Hydrocarbon Air pollution Remediation Venture (HYPREP) Administrative center
- Petroleum Generation Building Treasure (PTDF)
- Federal Ministry of Early life and Sports activities Building
- Federal Clinical Centre, Bida, Niger Surrounding
- Nationwide Centre for Ladies Building
- Institute for Vacation and War Solution
- Nationwide Industry and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB)
- Federal College of Gashua
- Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs
SERAP maintained that permitting firms and contractors to move away with society finances unpunished quantities to a grave violation of the Nigerian Charter, anti-corruption regulations, and global tasks below the United International locations Conference towards Corruption.
“Holding these contractors accountable would help prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in public spending,” SERAP said.
“The consequences of corruption are felt by citizens daily. It forces them to bear additional costs for health, education, and administrative services,” the go well with added.
SERAP emphasized that society duty is a trademark of independence and that Nigerians deserve complete transparency on how their sources are controlled.
Incorrect past has been mounted for the listening to of the case.