The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted leave to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to seek its reliefs to compel the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), to account for power-sector spending.
Hon. Justice C.J. Aneke granted SERAP the leave as prayed to seek judicial review and order of mandamus to compel Fashola to act over the “failure to account for the spending on the privatisation of the electricity sector and the exact amount of post-privatisation spending on generation companies (GENCOS), distribution companies (DISCOS) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to date, and to explain if such spending came from budgetary allocations or other sources.”
Justice Aneke granted the order for leave following the hearing of an argument in court on an ex parte motion by SERAP’s counsel, Ms Bamisope Adeyanju….
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