Over the weekend, a lawsuit was filed at federal High Court, Abuja, ìn which Socio-Economic RIGHTS AND Accountability Projects (SERAP) is “an order of mandamus directing and compelling Lawan, Gbajabiamila and National Assembly to perform their constitutional oversight functions to ensure the prompt and transparent investigation into the allegation that N4.4 billion budgeted for the National Assembly may be missing and unaccounted for.
” SERAP, in the suit, is arguing that “By the combined reading of the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 (as amended), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the UN Convention Against Corruption, which Nigeria has ratified, the National Assembly has legal duties to combat corruption and promote transparency and accountability in the management of public resources. No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
