Account for money spent in fighting Boko Haram - SERAP, EiE, BudgIT tell Buratai

- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have demanded for account of money spent in fighting Boko Haram

- The group made the demand from the chief of army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai

- They specifically wanted General Buratai to urgently provide information on the 2015, 2016 and 2017 budget implementation reports of the Nigerian Army

To ensure accountability, the chief of army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has been urged to account for details of the money spent on Operation Lafiya Dole and Operation Crocodile smile.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT disclosed this in a joint statement signed by Bamisope Adeyanju for SERAP, Seun Akinyemi for EiE Nigeria, and Atiku Samuel for BudgIT on Sunday, December 16.

Channels TV reports that leveraging on Freedom of Information act, they specifically wanted General Buratai to urgently provide information on the 2015, 2016 and 2017 budget implementation reports of the Nigerian Army.

The information demanded includes: “The amounts released (financial implications) and expended in the fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 for various operations the army carried out.”

“Transparency of the budget process and its implementation is an essential condition to achieve good governance,” the groups said in defence of their request.

“The reports, if provided and published, will shed light on military spending and put to rest once and for all the perceived lack of transparency and accountability in the spending of military budgets, which has been a subject of intense public debate and concern.”

“If the requested information is not provided within 14 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter, our organizations shall take all appropriate legal action under the Freedom of Information Act to compel you to comply with our request,” they said.

Going further, they claimed that the funds allocated to the military have not yielded the desired results which is the reason for the request.

“Several billions of naira allocated to the military to defend the country and protect its people have neither contributed to improving the ability of Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram and other armed groups nor provided the much-needed security especially for Nigerians in the north-east of the country,” they said.

Legit.ng had reported that Amnesty International has claimed that nearly 4000 people have lost their lives in the crises between herdsmen and farmers in some part of the country.

PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app

The international human organisation also blamed the Nigerian federal government for not securing the lives of her citizens, noting that the duty of government is to protect the sanctity of lives.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng. We have updated to serve you better.

Nigerian Air Force Operations Against Boko Haram | Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng

from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on LEGIT.NG 24/7 https://ift.tt/2GosfXE
via EDUPEDIA24/7

Nigerian Academy Of Science Inducts First Female President

The Nigerian Academy of Science has inducted a professor of Parasitology/Epidemiology, Ekanem Ikpi Braide, as its 19th President on Thursday. In a statement issued by Oladoyin Odubanjo, the Executive Secretary of the Academy, Braide is the Academy’s first female President in 44 years of existence. It read, “Braide was a member of the national committee that achieved the laudable feat of guinea worm eradication in Nigeria. “She has a rich professional experience as a researcher and an administrator. In July 2010, Professor Braide was honoured by the President of Nigeria with the award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) for her contribution to disease control in Nigeria. “She was nominated by the Honourable Minister of Health to serve in the Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Health Sector Response (MEACoC-HSR). “Professor Braide served as Vice-Chancellor, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Calabar, Nigeria (2004 to 2009) and as P

NLNG Signs Letter Of Intent On Delayed Gas Expansion Project

The Nigerian Natural Liquefied Gas LTD has signed a letter of intent for the engineering, procurement and construction of its long held up Train Seven project. In a statement released by the company on Wednesday, it said that the $10bn project will be executed by a consortium of Italian firm Saipem, Japan’s Chiyoda and South Korea’s Daewoo. The statement reads, “The project will form part of the investment of over $10bn including the upstream scope of the LNG value chain, thereby boosting the much needed Foreign Direct Investment profile of Nigeria.” Managing Director of NLNG, Tony Atta, said in 2018 that the Final Investment Decision would be made in the fourth quarter of that year. This did not however, materialize. According to the release, the project will have a four to five-year execution time after the signing of the FID. The project is expected to add an extra 8 million tons per annum of gas to the 22 mtpa currently exported by the company. Oil News AddThis :

Former Maritime Agency Boss, Buba Galadima, Accuses AMCON Of Witch-hunt After Property Takeover

A former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Agency, Buba Galadima, has accused the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria of witch-hunt after the agency took possession of his business and assets on Tuesday in Abuja. Galadima, an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, claimed that he did not borrow money or have unpaid debt with Unity Bank, which lodged a complaint against him and occasioned AMCON’s move on Tuesday. The properties taken over include House No. 15, Addis Ababa Crescent, Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and House No. 4, Bangui Street, Wuse 2, also in Abuja. Reacting to the situation, Galadima said, “This is an attempt to disgrace and break me down. This is injustice and an attempt to humiliate me. "But I am unbreakable and they can never silence me. They sacked me and over 50 people that sleep in the apartment. "We don’t know where to go. We will remain on the streets. We will remain on the streets until God provi

EDUPEDIA247

Search This Blog