Oladimeji Ramon
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an application seeking an order of mandamus to compel the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Audu Ogbeh, to give account on the spending trillion of naira on water projects between 1999 and 2016.
Justice Hadiza Shagari granted the order last week in favour of a group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, which took the two ministers to court.
In a ruling on Friday, Justice Shagari held, “I have looked at the papers filed by SERAP and I agree that leave ought to be granted in this case to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus, in the interest of justice.”
The judge, while adjourning the case till June 29, 2018, directed that the ministers should be put on notice.
In a statement on Sunday, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Timothy…
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