The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja has rejected the arguments by both the Federal Government and the Rivers State Government to block application seeking court’s permission to call victims and witnesses to testify over the ‘shooting and killing by security agents in Bundu waterfront, Port Harcourt.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a request under the Freedom of Information Act to Mrs Sarah Ochekpe Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources asking her to “provide within 14 days information on the allocation, including international aid and spending of public funds to provide access to safe and affordable water and sanitation services for Nigerians in the past 5 years.”

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) have received court approval to compel the federal government to disclose information and documents on the spending on fuel subsidy for 2011.

*Lamorde, EFCC boss

Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has launched a citizen against local government corruption campaign, which is “designed to encourage greater community involvement and participation in the fight against corruption and promote citizens’ access to basic necessities of life.”