BREAKING: Court Orders Sadiya Umar-Farouq To Account For N729bn Spent In Six Months

Court has ordered Former Npower Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouq to account for N729bn payment to poor Nigerians.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that the court also ordered the former minister to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the payments, the number of states covered, and the payments per state.

 

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The judgment was delivered in June by Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project.

The certified true copy of the judgment was obtained last Friday by the organisation.