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safe faculty fund budgeted for the rebuilding of the government women faculty in Chibok, Borno state.
The Governor of Borno nation Governor, Kashim Shettima, had on Tuesday blown the whistle that the fund inaugurated by using a former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, following the kidnapping of over two hundred girl college students by Boko Haram insurgents from the school in 2014, had been diverted.
In a statement on Wednesday via its senior staff attorney, Timothy Adewale, SERAP entreated the EFCC to ask and query all the ones involved within the alleged diversion of the faculty fund so that you can naming and shaming them.
It argued that the alleged diversion of the college fund become now not handiest a breach of Nigeria’s commitment to international safe college declaration but also a revelation of the failure of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s management.
It stated the alleged diversion also violated the proper of Chibok girls to training.
The assertion read partly, “The allegation that N500m has been misplaced to corruption has led to denying the girls get admission to to schooling, and shows the failure of the former President Goodluck Jonathan authorities to stay up to Nigeria’s commitments below the worldwide safe faculty statement.
“SERAP believes that the diversion of the price range will reveal the college to attacks inside the future. this is a essential breach of the united states of america’s obligations including ensures of non-repetition, which contribute to prevention and deterrence of future attacks.
“SERAP is significantly concerned that the school has remained in a state of disrepair since the abduction of the girls, and students have remained at home.
“SERAP is worried that the alleged diversion of N500m supposed for reconstruction of government ladies school in Chibok has at once violated the proper to training of the women, as guaranteed beneath the global Covenant on financial, Social and Cultural Rights to which Nigeria is a country birthday party.
“The diversion has undermined the duty of the authorities to take steps to the most of its to be had sources to obtain the proper to training.
“The alleged diversion also suggests a critical breach of anti-corruption rules inclusive of the EFCC Act, and Nigeria’s worldwide obligations under the UN conference in opposition to Corruption and the African Union convention on preventing and preventing Corruption each of which the country has ratified.”
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