Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the nine oil-producing states in Nigeria before the Federal High Court in Abuja over
It also claimed that state governors cannot hide under the excuse that the Freedom of Information Act is not applicable to their states because they have clear legal obligations to provide the information, as prescribed by the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
It also stated that the oversight afforded by public access to such details would serve as an important check on the activities of the governors, and help to prevent abuses of the public trust. “The effective operation of representative democracy depends on the people being able to scrutinise, discuss and contribute to government decision making, including on the spending of the oil derivation refunds.
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