CSO slams 16 lawsuits against govt agencies over alleged corruption
The Lead Director of the centre, Mr Eze Onyekpere, who made the disclosure during a virtual media dialogue, said the CSO instituted the court actions in hope of recovering alleged looted funds to support developmental projects in the country.
Onyekpere lamented that while Nigeria suffers under a huge foreign loan burden, revenues which ought to be deployed towards financing annual budgets and other key projects are allegedly diverted by government agencies.Onyekpere explained that the CSO is now making the series of litigation docket public as a means of exposing the degree of corruption in government agencies.
The suits currently under litigation at various stages in the Federal High Court Abuja, according to the CSO include “A case against the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged non-remittance of N2,297,199,080.00, representing 25% of the internally generated revenue realized in 2015 and 2016”.
“A freedom of information and public finance management suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/369/2020, against the Director-General, Centre for Management Development , over alleged non-remittance of N59,274,180.66, being 25% of the IGR realized in 2016”.
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