Amid controversy, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas over refusal to end unlawful practices of fixing lawmarkers allowances and running cost.
Amid controversy, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas over refusal to end unlawful practices of fixing lawmarkers allowances and running cost. Kolawole Oluwadare, the SERAP Deputy Director disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to SERAP , the case was filed last Friday at Abuja Federal High Court in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1289/2024.
The group argued that 'The provisions of paragraph N, section 32 of the Third Schedule to the Nigerian Constitution 1999 make it unlawful for the National Assembly to fix its salaries, allowances and running costs.” This comes as former Nigeria's President, Olusegun Obasanjo alleged that lawmakers fix their salaries and allowances, contrary to the recommendation of the Revenue Mobilisation Fiscal Allocation Commission .
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