Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Ibrahim Mustafa Magu, Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) requesting him to “urgently begin a thorough, transparent and effective investigation into allegation that N500 million Safe School funds for Chibok girls, commissioned by former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to rebuild the Government Girls School in Chibok, is missing and cannot be accounted for.”

The organization urged the EFCC to “invite for questioning, and name and shame anyone suspected to be involved in the alleged diversion, including the contractors allegedly handling the project.”

In the petition dated 27 December 2016 and signed by SERAP senior staff attorney Timothy Adewale, the organization said: “The allegation that N500m has been lost to corruption has resulted in denying the girls access to education, and shows the failure of the former President Goodluck Jonathan government to live up to Nigeria’s commitments under the global Safe School Declaration.”

The petition reads in part: “SERAP believes that the diversion of the funds will expose the school to attacks in the future. This is a fundamental breach of the country’s obligations including guarantees of non-repetition, which contribute to prevention and deterrence of future attacks.”

“SERAP urges the EFCC to work with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to set up a mechanism to monitor government’s spending of the safe school funds in order to ensure that the funds are spent exactly to prevent and deter future attacks, and to allow the girls to go back to school as soon as possible.”

“SERAP is seriously concerned that the school has remained in a state of disrepair since the abduction of the girls, and students have remained at home.”

“SERAP is concerned that the alleged diversion of N500m meant for reconstruction of Government Girls School in Chibok has directly violated the right to education of the girls, as guaranteed under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to which Nigeria is a state party.”

“The diversion has undermined the obligation of the government to take step to the maximum of its available resources to achieve the right to education. The alleged diversion also shows a serious breach of anticorruption legislation including the EFCC Act, and Nigeria’s international obligations under the UN Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption both of which the country has ratified.”

“The EFCC should ensure full accountability and bring to justice anyone found to be responsible for corruption and diversion of safe school funds. The EFCC should also ensure that all proceeds of corruption are recovered and returned back to the treasury.”

“This request is based on allegation by Governor Kashim Shettima that N500 million set aside by the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, is missing and cannot be accounted for. The funds were released for rebuilding of the Government Girls School in Chibok under the Safe School Initiative programme, which was commissioned former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/serap-asks-efcc-probe-missing-n500m-chibok-safe-school-funds/

Good idea.... Dedicating This space to all nairalanders...i love you all

Let the probings continue...

they are working perfectly

Those who give a fvck are up there.......

Are you serious?

But...

Interesting

They diverted trailers of food meant for IDPs, let alone this.

Buhari himself is corrupt hence he hired over 20 SANS to stop the probe of his WAEC. Magu is corrupt, Burutanshi is corrupt, APC is definition of corruption.

Audu ogbe want to import grass from Brazil to Nigeria while Baba chair used over #200mil to cut GRASS in Northern Nigeria.

A government that imported Egusi soup and Jollof Rice.

I WEEP FOR NIGERIA


NgeneUkwenu, come and masturbate here.

UselessAfonjas:
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they should just forget this their fruitless probing wahala and face the economy in 2017. everyday probing and probing yet not even a single person has been found guilty. mtcheww

UselessAfonjas:
shut up. Your mouth dey smell.

Smh...you are really a kid.

This is the height of babaric, cronic thievies who are fake religiously, condemed citizens leading this great country Nigeria. They EFCC, have to take a elephant by the truck,not forgeting the trusk in dealing with this animals in human form stealing from the helpless,rightious citizens..

Coldfeet:

who is this nao

The party membership of those behind may determine the willingness to prosecute the culprits because according to the book of corruption chapter 1:1,if thou belong to a particular party, thou art a Saint and even if thou art caught, go and sin no more shall be thy verdict.

Hmmmm, everything is dis country is lootable. Dem no just get conscience, no single fear of God. When dey are finally caught, some of their e-rats will come here to scream witch hunt.
God I offend u for dat way Y u send me come dis evil country

i like kashim shetima, N500m CANNOT MISS

Even you yourself know you are wrong about no. 2 . Even unborn babies know that IBO GIRLS ARE HARLOTS.
Cursed tribe.


Make your AMADIOHA strike your fingers with leprosy if you quote me

Why are we so callous like this?

People can be greedy ,taken undue advantage of human being like you in a state of sorrow.

We are tired of media probes, we want results

GEJ Kai!!!!!!!........ Money to buy arms for to fight Boko Haram u use am do PDP campaign, money to even rebuild schools destroyed by Boko Haram way u no fight, una still thief am......

Pls continue the fight, they want to kill the fight by testing ur resolve, they say u have not had one single conviction... Those that believe in you know that it wasn't going to be easy......buh Buhari we voted for u because we know u have the political will to fight corruption. With are with u.... Continue the fight against corruption

the cost of blood should hunt all criminals or else i report them to catering wood for burning

Missing ke. They shld search babachir's grass office

Sarrki too com do ur defender/patriot work

ogologoamu:
Interesting

They diverted trailers of food meant for IDPs, let alone this.

Buhari himself is corrupt hence he hired over 20 SANS to stop the probe of his WAEC. Magu is corrupt, Burutanshi is corrupt, APC is definition of corruption.

Audu ogbe want to import grass from Brazil to Nigeria while Baba chair used over #200mil to cut GRASS in Northern Nigeria.

A government that imported Egusi soup and Jollof Rice.

I WEEP FOR NIGERIA


NgeneUkwenu, come and masturbate here.

Money no lost, them shout again.........e no finish, e no finish, e no finish......