{"id":72411,"date":"2020-03-22T14:14:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72411"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:14:12","slug":"serap-asks-buhari-to-instruct-efcc-icpc-to-track-monitor-spending-on-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/serap-asks-buhari-to-instruct-efcc-icpc-to-track-monitor-spending-on-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP asks Buhari to instruct EFCC, ICPC to track, monitor spending on coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1661869720700487419\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an<br \/>\nopen letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his<br \/>\nleadership position to &#8220;urgently instruct the Economic and Financial<br \/>\nCrimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other<br \/>\nRelated Offences Commission (ICPC) to jointly track and monitor spending<br \/>\nby federal agencies and state governors to combat coronavirus or COVID19<br \/>\npandemic in Nigeria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP said this &#8220;would remove the risks of corruption and mismanagement<br \/>\nin our healthcare systems that are already weakened by systemic<br \/>\ncorruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the letter dated 20 March, 2020 and signed by SERAP deputy director<br \/>\nKolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: &#8220;Coronavirus crisis requires<br \/>\nquick responses but it also requires corruption safeguards to ensure<br \/>\npublic funds are well spent, and promote access to basic public health<br \/>\nand other services to those most in need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP said: &#8220;By prioritising transparency and accountability in the<br \/>\nspending of funds to combat coronavirus, your government will be taking<br \/>\npreventive measures to ensure that the efforts to reduce the spread of<br \/>\nthe pandemic and promote the health and safety of Nigerians are not<br \/>\ncompromised by corruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP expressed &#8220;concern that systemic corruption in the health sector<br \/>\nacross the country would hurt the federal and state authorities&#8217;<br \/>\nresponses to the coronavirus crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter, read in part: &#8220;The challenges posed by the coronavirus<br \/>\npandemic also show the urgent need for your government to improve<br \/>\nNigeria&#8217;s health systems and to encourage state governors to commit some<br \/>\nparts of their security votes to provide additional resources towards<br \/>\nstrengthening the health systems within their states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your government ought to move swiftly to increase spending on efforts<br \/>\nto combat coronavirus in the country and provide funding support to<br \/>\nNigerians that are most affected by the crisis, by presenting COVID-19<br \/>\nbudget\/spending plan to the National Assembly and setting up a COVID-19<br \/>\ntrust fund to which wealthy individuals and others should be encouraged<br \/>\nto contribute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The proposed increase in spending of funds on COVID-19 means<br \/>\naccountability for those funds should be top of your government&#8217;s list<br \/>\nof priorities, if it is to remove opportunities for corruption that can<br \/>\nundermine initiatives to stop the spread of COVID-19.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The EFCC and ICPC should ensure that anyone found to have mismanaged or<br \/>\nstolen public funds meant for addressing the coronavirus pandemic are<br \/>\neffectively prosecuted and punished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also urge you to take urgent measures to ensure that health sector<br \/>\nservices in federal institutions and agencies are strengthened and that<br \/>\nthe appropriate corruption risk assessments are implemented and<br \/>\nmonitored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lessons from the Ebola crisis is that even in times of public<br \/>\nemergencies, there are those who aim to profit from others most affected<br \/>\nby the crisis. Monitoring the spending on coronavirus would help to<br \/>\napply the lessons of the Ebola crisis and prevent corruption, which<br \/>\ncharacterised the efforts to combat it in some countries including in<br \/>\nSierra Leone and Liberia, where patients reportedly paid bribes to<br \/>\naccess health services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Corruption in the spending of funds to combat coronavirus will<br \/>\nundermine public trust in any efforts by your government to bring the<br \/>\nspread of the pandemic under control, and deny access to basic public<br \/>\nhealth services to Nigerians who need the services most.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monitoring the spending of public funds budgeted to combat coronavirus<br \/>\nwould also ensure respect for human rights and contribute to ensuring<br \/>\nthat Nigerians who cannot afford to pay bribes are not denied access to<br \/>\ntesting and treatment, and that high-ranking officials and wealthy<br \/>\nindividuals subject to quarantines are not abusing the systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to closely monitor the situation and where appropriate<br \/>\ninvoke the Freedom of Information Act and take legal action to ensure<br \/>\ntransparency and accountability, and full respect for Nigerians&#8217; human<br \/>\nrights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right to health provides that health facilities, goods, and<br \/>\nservices should be: available in sufficient quantity, accessible to<br \/>\neveryone without discrimination, and affordable for all, especially the<br \/>\nmost vulnerable and marginalized groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These obligations mean that your government should ensure that accurate<br \/>\nand up-to-date information about the number of identified cases and<br \/>\nspread of coronavirus in the country, access to services, service<br \/>\ndisruptions, and other aspects of the response to the outbreak is widely<br \/>\navailable and accessible to all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right to health also imposes obligations on your government to<br \/>\nminimize the risk of occupational accidents and diseases including by<br \/>\nensuring health workers and others involved in the coronavirus response<br \/>\nhave information and adequate protective clothing and equipment they<br \/>\nneed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This request is consistent with Nigeria&#8217;s international anti-corruption<br \/>\nand human rights obligations including under the UN Convention against<br \/>\nCorruption, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural<br \/>\nRights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights. Nigeria has<br \/>\nratified these treaties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural<br \/>\nRights, everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of<br \/>\nphysical and mental health. Your government is obligated to take<br \/>\neffective steps for the prevention, treatment and control of epidemic,<br \/>\nendemic, occupational and other diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which<br \/>\nmonitors state compliance with the covenant, has stated, the right to<br \/>\nhealth is closely related to and dependent upon the realization of other<br \/>\nhuman rights, including the rights to food,\u00a0 education, human dignity,<br \/>\nlife, non-discrimination, equality, and access to information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope that the aspects highlighted will help guide your actions in<br \/>\nacting to ensure the effectiveness of any efforts to combat the<br \/>\ncoronavirus crisis in Nigeria. 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