{"id":76907,"date":"2025-10-19T11:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76907"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:49:34","slug":"serap-urges-akpabio-abbas-to-probe-alleged-missing-funds-in-nass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/19\/serap-urges-akpabio-abbas-to-probe-alleged-missing-funds-in-nass\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP Urges Akpabio, Abbas to Probe Alleged Missing Funds in NASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to launch a probe into alleged mismanagement and diversion of public funds within the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to both leaders, SERAP said prompt and transparent action would restore public trust and prove the legislature\u2019s commitment to public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The group issued a seven-day ultimatum to act or face legal action.<\/p>\n<p>SERAP also urged the referral of the allegations to anti-corruption agencies for a thorough investigation and recovery of any missing funds, describing the situation as a reflection of weak transparency and accountability mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation warned that corruption continues to deepen poverty and hinder development, citing constitutional and international obligations that compel the National Assembly to promote accountability in public finance management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to launch a probe into alleged mismanagement and diversion of public funds within the National Assembly. In a letter to both leaders, SERAP said prompt and transparent action would restore public trust [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":76909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76910,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76907\/revisions\/76910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}