The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has denounced the allocation of N10bn for rent and furnishing of apartments for Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other presiding officers of the National Assembly in the Federal Capital Territory’s 2024 supplementary budget.
The association, in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the allocation under the leadership of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike as a brazen case of state capture, warning that such profligacy undermines the independence of the legislature and judiciary and threatens the public good.
