SERAP (Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project) publicized that they have filed a lawsuit against the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.”
It is no news that Nigeria has been battling
with the plague of lack of electricity for a very long time now with reports of electricity grids collapsing at least 3 times in 5 months and 130 times in 7 years according to a report gathered. And this problem of short power supply has plunged many Nigerian homes into darkness and businesses in Nigeria into huge losses. According to the World Bank, epileptic power supply costs businesses in Nigeria about $29 billion yearly.
In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1119/2022 filed last week at the Federal High Court, Lagos, SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Buhari to investigate how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply has been allegedly squandered by governments since 1999.”
