The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has asked the Buhari administration to scrap security votes. At a press briefing on the performance of the administration on Friday, Idayat Hassan, CDD director, identified security
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Kayode Fayemi, chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, says doing away with security votes will breed chaos in the country. Fayemi, who is the governor of Ekiti state, said this
Adbulrasheed Akanbi, oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, has called on the federal government to make provision for security votes for the traditional institution to help fight insecurity in the country. Akanbi,
Tanko Al-Makura, Nasarawa governor, says he will need more than seven days to respond to a freedom of information request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP had
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has accused governors of promoting insecurity in their
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country have called for the proscription of security votes. The CSOs, numbering about
Abba Kabir-Yusuf, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kano, says if elected, security votes will become a history
Transparency International (TI) says Nigeria needs a federal legislation outlawing security votes. Christina Hildrew, TI Africa programme manager of defence
Not less than $670 million is spent on security votes in Nigeria every year, a new report by Transparency International
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, has described security votes as unconstitutional and the “biggest source of waste” in
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