A Rights Activist, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo
has giving President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly fourteen days to return the bail-out funds disbursed and paid out to the governors of the 36 States.
In a pre-action notice, Okonkwo vowed to pursue the legal proceeding against the government at the expiration of the ultimatum.
President Buhari had last week approved a comprehensive relief package to bail out cash-strapped states but without approval from the 8th National Assembly.
However, Okonkwo, who also is the founder, Movement of Voice for Democracy (MVERS NIGERIA) said the disbursements of the funds was in flagrant breach of Sec. 164(1) of the 1999 constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
He said he joined the National Assembly, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the house of representative as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants for negligence to protect the funds of Nigerians under the consolidated Revenue of the Federal Government.
According to Okonkwo in his pre-action notice, President Buhari had breached Sec. 164(1) of the constitution in less than 2 months of his presidency when he disbursed the bailout funds to states without recourse to the National Assembly for approval.
Section 164(1) provides thus: “The Federation may make grants to a state to supplement the revenue of that state in such sum and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the National Assembly”.
Parties are Ifeanychukwu Okonkwo as plaintiff whereas President Buhari, the National Assembly of Nigeria, President of the Senate and the Speaker Federal House of Representatives are the defendants.
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