The socio-economic rights and accountability project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government, asking for details of the ₦729bn payment to 24.3m poor Nigerians across the country.
SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the suit was filed at the federal high court in Lagos.
He said the group is seeking “an order directing and compelling the federal government to clarify whether the proposed payment to poor Nigerians is part of the ₦5.6 trillion budget deficits.”
The suit followed the group’s freedom of information (foi) request to the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk.
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