{"id":338709,"date":"2024-09-15T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=338709"},"modified":"2024-09-15T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:34:58","slug":"serap-sues-tinubu-over-failure-to-reverse-unlawful-petrol-price-hike-probe-nnpcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/09\/15\/serap-sues-tinubu-over-failure-to-reverse-unlawful-petrol-price-hike-probe-nnpcl\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP sues Tinubu over \u2018failure to reverse \u2018unlawful petrol price hike, probe NNPCL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Joined in the suit as Respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and the NNPCL<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over \u201cthe failure to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the apparently unlawful increase in the pump price of petrol, and to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the NNPCL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joined in the suit as Respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and the NNPCL.<\/p>\n<p>In the suit number FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1361\/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is asking the court \u201cto compel President Tinubu to direct the NNPCL to reverse the unjust, illegal, unconstitutional and unreasonable increase in the price of petrol from N845 per litre to N600 per litre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is also asking the court \u201cto compel President Tinubu to direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the NNPC, including the spending of the reported $300 million \u2018bailout funds\u2019 collected from the Federal Government in August 2024, and the $6 billion debt it owes suppliers, despite allegedly failing to remit oil revenues to the treasury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is asking the court \u201cto compel President Tinubu to direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anticorruption agencies to prosecute anyone suspected to be responsible for the alleged corruption and mismanagement in the NNPCL, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and to recover any proceeds of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the suit, SERAP is arguing that: \u201cThe increase in petrol price is causing immense hardship to those less well-off. As the economic situation in Nigeria deteriorates, the increase is pushing people further into poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is also arguing that, \u201cHolding the NNPC to account for alleged corruption and mismanagement in the oil sector would serve legitimate public interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, read in part: \u201cThe increase in petrol price constitutes a fundamental breach of constitutional guarantees and the country\u2019s international human rights obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption in the oil sector and the lack of transparency and accountability in the use of public funds to support the operations of the NNPC have resulted in persistent and unlawful hike in petrol prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreasing petrol prices at a time when millions of Nigerians continue to face worsening economic conditions is entirely inconsistent with constitutional and international obligations to ensure the minimum living conditions compatible with human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arbitrary increase has placed a disproportionate burden on the marginalized and most vulnerable sectors of society, particularly those disadvantaged by poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase is seriously jeopardizing their living conditions, as well as individuals\u2019 physical, emotional, and individual development, and intensifying and worsening socioeconomic conditions in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase constitutes a serious human rights problem because of the intensity with which it undermines the enjoyment and exercise by Nigerians of their human rights and renders their civic participation illusory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fundamental right to life includes not only the right of every Nigerian not to be deprived of his\/her life arbitrarily, but also the right that he\/she will not be prevented from having access to the conditions that guarantee a dignified existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe growing poverty and inequality in the country has continued to adversely affect the right of Nigerians to participatory democracy, and impede their ability to participate in their own government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians have for far too long been denied justice and the opportunity to get to the bottom of why they continue to pay the price for corruption in the oil sector. The increase in petrol price has rendered already impoverished citizens incapable of satisfying their minimum needs for survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase is not inevitable, as it stems from the persistent failure of successive governments to address the allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the oil sector and the impunity of suspected perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersistent increase in petrol prices keep people in poverty which in turn perpetuates discriminatory attitudes and practices against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has a legal obligation to mobilize the maximum of the country\u2019s available resources to ensure people\u2019s socio-economic rights and to protect the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government also has the legal obligations to probe and prosecute allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the NNPC, and to ensure access to justice and effective remedies for victims of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigating and prosecuting the allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the oil sector would be entirely consistent with the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], and the country\u2019s international anti-corruption obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 13 of the Nigerian Constitution imposes clear responsibility on the government to conform to, observe and apply the provisions of Chapter 2 of the constitution. Section 15(5) imposes the responsibility on the government to \u2018abolish all corrupt practices\u2019 including in the NNPC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Section 16(1) of the Constitution, the government has a responsibility to \u2018secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice and equality of status and opportunity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 16(2) further provides that, \u2018the material resources of the nation are harnessed and distributed as best as possible to serve the common good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to our information, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited recently increased the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, across its retail outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price of the product increased to N855 per litre, from about N600, and in some instances above N900 per litre. The apparently unlawful increase in petrol price followed a scarcity caused by the reported refusal by suppliers to import petroleum products for the NNPCL over a $6 billion debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NNPC allegedly failed to remit USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion of oil revenues into the public treasury, as documented in the recently published 2020 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The post SERAP sues Tinubu over \u2018failure to reverse \u2018unlawful petrol price hike, probe NNPCL\u2019 appeared first on Vanguard News.<\/p>\n<p>Visit website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joined in the suit as Respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and the NNPCL Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over \u201cthe failure to direct the Nigerian 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