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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “promptly relationship for the missing N18.6bn meant for the operation of the National Assembly Commission Office Complex, arsenic documented successful the latest 2022 yearly study by the Auditor-General of the Federation.”
SERAP urged Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas “to disclose the sanction of the alleged ‘fictitious operation company’ that reportedly collected N18.6bn for the operation of the National Assembly Commission Office Complex, including the names and details of the directors, shareholders and the company’s address.”
SERAP besides urged Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas “to explicate the nonaccomplishment to travel the Procurement Act, including the nonaccomplishment to transportation retired immoderate needs appraisal earlier the grant of the contract, to advertise the bidding, to contented a declaration agreement, and to contented bidders’ quotations earlier the operation institution was paid N18.6 billion’”
SERAP urged Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas “to explicate the rationale for the ‘inflation of the declaration by N6.9 cardinal for the conversion of the extortion plot to bureau space’, and wherefore nary support was obtained for the upward reappraisal of the contract, and to disclose the implementation presumption of the project.”
The sedate allegations are documented successful the latest 2022 yearly study published by the Auditor-General of the Federation connected 9 September 2025.
In the missive dated 18 October 2025 and signed by SERAP lawman manager Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “These grim allegations by the Auditor-General suggest sedate violations of the nationalist trust, the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], and nationalist and planetary anticorruption obligations.”
SERAP said, “the National Assembly tin lone efficaciously execute its oversight and anti-corruption roles if it tin show exemplary enactment to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement involving the NASS commission.”
According to SERAP, “the National Assembly ought to unrecorded up to its law responsibilities by upholding and defending the basal principles of transparency, accountability and the regularisation of law.”
The letter, work successful part: “Addressing the allegations would amended nationalist assurance and spot successful the quality of the National Assembly to workout their law and oversight responsibilities, and to adhere to the highest standards of integrity, transparency and accountability successful the absorption of nationalist funds.”
“It would besides amusement that the National Assembly is acting successful the champion involvement of the people, and not for idiosyncratic interest.”
“We would beryllium grateful if the recommended measures are taken wrong 7 days of the receipt and/or work of this letter. If we person not heard from you by then, SERAP shall instrumentality each due ineligible actions to compel you, the National Assembly and the National Assembly Service Commission to comply with our petition successful the nationalist interest.”
“According to the precocious published 2022 audited study by the Auditor General of the Federation, the National Assembly Service Commission paid implicit N11.6 cardinal [N11,647,302,594,00] to ‘an chartless operation company’ for ‘the operation the Commission’s Complex wrong 24 months.’”
“The outgo was reportedly made connected 11 August 2020. But ‘the declaration was inflated by implicit N6.9 cardinal [N6,930,000.000.00]’ and the wealth was reportedly paid to the operation institution connected 29 November 2023’ ‘for the conversion of the extortion plot to bureau space.’”
“The declaration was reportedly awarded without a Bill of Quantity (BOQ) for the upward of the contract, and the ‘BOQ for the declaration of N11.6 cardinal was not priced.’”
“Both contracts were reportedly awarded without immoderate needs assessment, paper advertisements, bidding process, declaration agreement, bidders’ quotations and without immoderate support by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). There was al...
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