The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged all 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to court over their alleged failure to account for an estimated ₦14 trillion in fuel subsidy savings received through FAAC since mid‑2023.
In a statement on Sunday, December 28, SERAP said the suit followed reports that governors and the FCT minister have “collected trillions of naira from FAAC allocations as fuel subsidy savings” without corresponding improvements in basic services.
The group argued that the increased allocations “have not translated into improved access to quality healthcare and education for poor and vulnerable Nigerians.”
The suit, marked FHC/L/MSC/1424/2025, was filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel the governors and Mr Wike to disclose the details of the spending of the increased FAAC allocations being savings from the removal of fuel subsidy in May 2023.”
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It also wants an order to “compel the governors and Mr Wike to disclose details and the location of the projects executed, if any, with the increased FAAC allocations from the savings from the removal of fuel subsidy.”
“Nigerians ought to know in what manner public funds, including fuel subsidy savings, are spent by the governors and FCT minister.
“The constitutional principle of democracy also provides a foundation for Nigerians’ right to know the spending details of the money collected from the savings from the removal of fuel subsidy,” the statement read.
SERAP insisted that “Citizens’ right to know promotes openness, transparency, and accountability that is in turn crucial for the country’s democratic order.
“There is a legitimate public interest for the governors and the FCT minister to urgently explain how they have spent the money they have so far collected from the subsidy savings.”
No hearing date has yet been fixed for the case.