Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make public his plans on how the fuel subsidy savings from
The organisation added that Nigerians have the right to know how the savings are spent, and that publishing the details of the spending of the savings would promote transparency and accountability and reduce the risks of corruption in the spending of the funds.
It stated: “Publishing the details of the spending of the N400bn and other savings from the removal of subsidy would also ensure that persons with public responsibilities are answerable to the people for the performance of their duties including the management of the funds. “The lack of transparency and accountability in the spending of savings from the removal of subsidy on petrol and the resulting human costs would directly threaten fundamental human rights that your government must protect.
It noted that the removal of subsidy on petrol has continued to negatively and disproportionately affect poor Nigerians by undermining their right to an adequate standard of living. “The Freedom of Information Act, Section 39 of the Nigerian Constitution, article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee to everyone the right to information, including the details of how the N400bn and other savings from the removal of subsidy on petrol would be spent.
“Section 13 of the Nigerian Constitution imposes clear responsibility on your government to conform to, observe and apply the provisions of Chapter 2 of the constitution. Section 15 imposes the responsibility on your government to “abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power” in the country.
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