The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged president Bola Tinubu to court over alleged N167 billion project fraud.
SERAP noted that Tinubu’s failure to order prosecution of contractors who collected money to the tune of N167 billion to execute projects, but failed to do so, triggered the lawsuit against him.
In a statement on Sunday, the civil society organization identified 31 ministries, departments and agencies of government that failed to have their projects executed, despite funds committed to the contractors handling those projects.
SERAP noted that transparency is key to accountability and called on the government to disclose all information related to the fraudulent contracts.
While identifying a number of government agencies with failed projects, the statement claimed that the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, NBET, alone allegedly paid N100 billion to companies for projects that were never completed.
Other MDAs with failed contracts include, Nigerian Correctional Service, National Pension Commission, Abuja, Federal College of Land Resources Technology, Owerri, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, Office and Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF.
The statement also listed the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger State,National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, National Centre for Women Development, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, as MDAs with unsuccessful contracts.
