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President Bola Tinubu has ordered all ministers in his cabinet to give account of their stewardship with immediate effect.
Tinubu’s order was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Idris said the briefing by ministers is to enable Nigerians to know what the government has done and to ask questions.
Recall that Tinubu had made minister to sign performance guidelines before their swearing in.
In other news, President Bola Tinubu has been dragged to court by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, over alleged N167 billion project fraud.
A statement made available to journalists by SERAP on Sunday pointed out 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.
SERAP said it identified 31 ministries, departments and agencies of government that failed to have their projects executed, despite funds committed to the contractors handling those projects.
The civil society organization decried the huge number of failed projects across agencies of government.
Moting that transparency is key to accountability, it urged the government to disclose all information related to the fraudulent contracts.
“Nigerians have the right to democratic governance, to influence government decisions, and to assess progress while holding officials accountable,” SERAP said in the statement.
The statement identified a number of government agencies with failed projects.
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, NBET, alone allegedly paid N100 billion to companies for projects that were never completed.
