Court Dismisses SERAP’s Request To Compel CCB On Assets Declaration Of Politicians
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed an application brought before it by the Socio-economic Right and Accountability Project, SERAP, seeking specific details of the assets declaration information of all Presidents, VPs, Senate Presidents, Speakers of House of Representatives, State Governors and their deputies from 1999 till 2019.
But in a judgement delivered on the application today, Justice Muslim Hassan refused to grant SERAP’s requests.Your ‘Draconian Measures’ To Fight Coronavirus Will Prove Counter-Productive, Abe Tells Wike The court held that paragraph 3 of part 1, 3rd schedule of the constitution is very clear and unambiguous.
The court also held that the terms and conditions to be prescribed by National assembly must be specific and related to Asset declaration of Public officers and not a legislation of general nature such as the Freedom of information Act, 2011.
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