SERAP Sues Governors of Oil-Producing States in Nigeria
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has filed a lawsuit against the oil-producing states in Nigeria over their failure to account for the spending of the oil derivation refunds of 625 billion Naira. The Federal Government recently paid 625.43 billion Naira in oil derivation refunds to the governors of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Ondo, Imo and Cross River states, covering 13 percent oil derivation, subsidy, and SURE-P refunds dating from 1999 to 2021. In the suit filed […]