Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu over failure to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from drawing life perks.
The affected ministers are: Badaru Abubakar; Nyesom Wike; Bello Matawalle; Adegboyega Oyetola; David Umahi; Simon Lalong; Atiku Bagudu and Ibrahim Geidam.
SERAP is also seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel Tinubu to direct the ex-governors, to forthwith, return pensions and ‘retirement benefits’ collected by them since leaving office to the public treasury. In the case, the body is arguing that compelling and directing Tinubu to stop the erstwhile state chief executives against receiving the perks would serve the public interest, especially given the current economic realities in the country.
According to SERAP, while many pensioners are not paid their entitlements, these affected officials get paid huge severance benefits.
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