The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has announced that it will institute a legal action against President Bola Tinubu in court.
SERAP threatened to sue the president for ‘illegally’ increasing his salary and that of Vice President Kashim Shettima by 114 percent.
The civil society organisation, in a tweet on Wednesday, described the salary increments of state governors and lawmakers as outrageous.
SERAP wrote: “We’re suing the Tinubu administration over its outrageous and illegal 114 per cent increase in the salaries of the President, vice president, state governors and lawmakers, while over 133 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty.”
BREAKING: We’re suing the Tinubu administration over its outrageous and illegal 114 per cent increase in the salaries of the President, vice president, state governors and lawmakers, while over 133 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty.
— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) June 21, 2023