The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas over refusal to end unlawful practices of fixing lawmarkers allowances and running cost.
SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to SERAP, the case was filed last Friday at Abuja Federal High Court
The group argued that “The provisions of paragraph N, section 32(d) of the Third Schedule to the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended] make it unlawful for the National Assembly to fix its salaries, allowances and running costs.
This comes as former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo alleged that lawmakers fix their salaries and allowances, contrary to the recommendation of the Revenue Mobilisation Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC).
