SERAP also urged Akpabio to declare Senate’s authority and constitutional oversight roles to reject the two point eight billion naira on publicity for the Federal Capital Territory Administration and other proposed wasteful and unnecessary spending that may be contained in the 2023 supplementary budget and the 2024 budget proposed by President BOLA TINUBU.
In the letter dated 2 December, 2023, and signed by SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said the plan to spend fifteen billion naira on ‘a befitting residence’ for the vice president is a fundamental breach of the Nigerian Constitution and the country’s international anti-corruption and human rights obligations.
The group added that, the National Assembly cannot continue to fail to fulfill its oversight function, adding that the Senate must demonstrate its independence by checking and rejecting all wasteful and unnecessary spending by the executive.
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