SERAP sues FG over N78.8bn cash transfer fund irregularities

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over alleged financial irregularities involving more than N78.8 billion allocated to federal cash-transfer and social protection programmes.
The suit follows findings in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report, published on August 7, 2026, which reportedly identified questioned payments and deficiencies in financial documentation involving the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO).
In the suit, numbered ECW/CCJ/...