A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of Four hundred and sixty million dollars Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project.
The Court also ordered the present government to “publish the total amount of money paid to Chinese and local companies and contractors and specific details of the names of the companies and contractors and status of the implementation of the project.
Honorable Justice Emeka Nwite made the order last week while delivering judgment in a Freedom of Information suit brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
The suit followed the disclosure in 2019 by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, that “Nigeria was servicing the loan”, adding that she had ‘no explanations on the status of the project.
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