BEVERLY HILLS, April 24, (THEWILL) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the Senate President Bukola Saraki and 108 other senators to refund the “illegal and unconstitutional N13.5 monthly allowance received by each senator with interest, and to stop the lawmakers from receiving such unjustified allowances.”
SERAP, according to a statement it released on Tuesday, said it is also asking the court to order “an investigation by appropriate agencies as to how the public funds that have so far been received by each senator have been spent and for the findings of any such investigation to be made public.”
The Suit with Number FHC/L/CS/630/18 which was filed on Monday joined as Defendants the Senate President and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN.
SERAP is asking the court to determine “Whether the sum of N13.5 Million allowance allotted to each senator monthly as running cost aside their salaries and other emoluments is not in breach of the provisions of section 70 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the provisions of the Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendments) Act 2008.”
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