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Nigeria's Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been dragged to court by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project for “failure to provide information about spending of the alleged missing N30tn, which represents some accruable income to the Federal Government in the past four years”, according to Premium Times.
The body wants full information concerning the missing funds to be released.
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The suit, filed at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, followed a Freedom of Information request by SERAP to Mrs Okonjo-Iweala dated February 2.
SERAP’s suit followed disclosure by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo that over N30tn had been missing, or stolen, or unaccounted for, or simply mismanaged under the minister’s watch.
In the suit, SERAP argued that “a necessary implication of the rule of law is that a public functionary and institution can only act in accordance with the law, as to do otherwise may enthrone arbitrariness. Obedience to the rule of law by all citizens but more particularly those who publicly took oath of office to protect and preserve the constitution is a desideratum to good governance. In a democratic society, this is meant to be a norm; it is an apostasy for public official like the Minister of Finance to ignore the provisions of the law.”
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The body wants full information concerning the missing funds to be released.
Excerpt:
The suit, filed at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, followed a Freedom of Information request by SERAP to Mrs Okonjo-Iweala dated February 2.
SERAP’s suit followed disclosure by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo that over N30tn had been missing, or stolen, or unaccounted for, or simply mismanaged under the minister’s watch.
In the suit, SERAP argued that “a necessary implication of the rule of law is that a public functionary and institution can only act in accordance with the law, as to do otherwise may enthrone arbitrariness. Obedience to the rule of law by all citizens but more particularly those who publicly took oath of office to protect and preserve the constitution is a desideratum to good governance. In a democratic society, this is meant to be a norm; it is an apostasy for public official like the Minister of Finance to ignore the provisions of the law.”
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#Nigeria #OkonjoIweala
