Tag Archives: Godswill Akpabio

Budget Padding: Refer Allegations To EFCC, ICPC, Reinstate Whistleblower Ningi, SERAP Tells Akpabio

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution.” SERAP urged him “to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the Senate over his allegations that ...

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N1.1 Trillion Largesse To Govs: Obi Appeals For Judicious Investment

The main opposition Voice and the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in last year’s general election, Peter Obi has offered advice to state Governors on how to utilize the N30billion given to each of the 36 state governors to help ameliorate the hardship in the country. The huge sum announced recently by Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio was intended to help ...

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SERAP, 20 Nigerians Want Court To Stop Akpabio, Abbas, Others From Increasing Own Budget

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 20 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “for unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197bn to N344bn, their highest since the return of democracy in 1999.” Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas are sued for themselves ...

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N87.4trn Debt: Reject Wike’s Plan To Spend N15bn On ‘A Befitting Residence’ For VP, SERAP Tells Akpabio

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT, Nysom Wike to spend N15 billion for the construction of ‘a befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Mr Kashim Shettima.” SERAP urged him to “assert Senate’s authority and constitutional oversight ...

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Social Media Not Nigeria’s Problem, Reject Bill To Regulate It, SERAP Tells Akpabio, Abbas

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, “to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill which if passed would unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and privacy.” SERAP urged them to “request the administration of President Bola Tinubu to drop any ...

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SERAP Wants Court To Stop Akpabio, Others From Collecting Salaries, Pensions As Senators

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of both salaries and pensions as senators.” Joined in the suit as Respondents are the following senators and minister: Abdulaziz Yari; Aminu Tambuwal; Adamu Aliero; Adams Oshiomole; Ibrahim Gaidam; Seriake Dickson; Ibrahim ...

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Akpabio’s Uncommon Tithe

Casmir Igbokwe Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is never afraid of money. That is why he has the Midas touch in everything he does. As governor of Akwa Ibom State, he made giant strides in delivering dividends of democracy. He called it “Uncommon Transformation”. As minister of Niger Delta Affairs, he changed the perception of money in the Niger Delta ...

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10th NASS: SERAP Gives Akpabio, Abass 7 Days To Drop Plan To Spend N110bn On Bulletproof Cars, Others

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, “to drop the scandalous plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” SERAP urged them to “repeal the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act to ...

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Disclose Pensions Paid To You As Ex-Governors, SERAP Tells Akpabio, Others In 10th Senate

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and other 13 former governors in the 10th Senate to disclose the total amount of life pensions, if any, that have been received from their states as former governors. SERAP is also urging them to “promptly clarify if you have collected and/or currently collecting life pensions as ...

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