Nigerian Court Orders Delta State Government To Disclose Spending Of Over N200Billion Education Funds, Allocations Under Ex-Gov Okowa | Sahara Reporters

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the government of former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission [UBEC] fund and allocations from the Federation Accounts.”

The court ordered the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to “disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by the Okowa government between 2015 and 2019, including specific projects carried out to improve primary education in Delta State, and the locations of such projects.”

Justice Osiagor also stated, “Why should a request for details of disbursement and spending of public funds between 2015 and 2019 by Delta State be a cause of litigation for four years? Miss Success had, in a viral video in March 2019 said, “No be say I no go pay, dem go flog, flog, flog, dem go tire.”

Justice Osiagor’s judgment, dated 17 July, 2023, read in part: “SERAP’s application cures so much disinformation in the public space. The request by SERAP falls within the categories of records accessible by the public.

 

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