{"id":72882,"date":"2020-04-19T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72882"},"modified":"2020-04-19T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:04:17","slug":"covid-19-reverse-cut-in-health-budget-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-buhari-nass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/covid-19-reverse-cut-in-health-budget-or-face-legal-action-serap-tells-buhari-nass\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: &#8216;Reverse cut in health budget or face legal action&#8217;, SERAP tells Buhari, NASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1664433774357733004\" 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 given &#8220;the<br \/>\ngovernment of President Muhammadu Buhari and leadership of the National<br \/>\nAssembly 14 days to reverse the proposed illegal cut of N26.51 billion<br \/>\nin basic healthcare budget and to cut the National Assembly and<br \/>\nPresidency budgets instead, or face legal action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is also calling on them to meet to &#8220;reverse the proposed illegal<br \/>\ncut of N50.76 billion in the education budget. There is currently no<br \/>\nproposal to cut the National Assembly and Presidency budgets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the letters dated 18 April, 2020 and signed by SERAP deputy director<br \/>\nKolawole Oluwadare, the organization expressed: &#8220;concern about the scale<br \/>\nof the cuts in basic healthcare and education budgets and their<br \/>\ndisproportionate impact on the poorest. These cuts are not inevitable.<br \/>\nThe authorities have a lot of choices as to what to cut but chose to<br \/>\nbalance the budget on the backs of the most disadvantaged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to SERAP, &#8220;The cuts would leave the poorest and most<br \/>\nvulnerable people without access to these essential public goods and<br \/>\nservices, and without anywhere to turn, and despite the COVID-19 crisis.<br \/>\nThis would put both the government and the National Assembly in breach<br \/>\nof their constitutional and international human rights and<br \/>\nanti-corruption obligations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letters addressed to President Buhari, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of<br \/>\nthe House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, read in part:<br \/>\n&#8220;Continuing to neglect these basic public goods and services to sustain<br \/>\nthe apparently lavish lifestyles of members of the National Assembly and<br \/>\nother powerful politicians wound exacerbate poverty, inequality,<br \/>\nmarginalization and impunity in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 crisis is a good opportunity to cut the costs of<br \/>\ngovernance, particularly the unsustainable spending on the National<br \/>\nAssembly expenses, and the Presidency budget, and to focus on increasing<br \/>\nbudget allocations to healthcare and education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The authorities&#8217; approach to National Assembly and Presidency budgets<br \/>\nought to be &#8216;do more with less.&#8217; While we understand that the country is<br \/>\nfacing difficult choices in budget allocations, the authorities should<br \/>\nhave prioritised cuts in National Assembly and Presidency budgets to<br \/>\nincrease the allocations to healthcare and education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the cuts are sustained, Nigerians will become justified in thinking<br \/>\nthat the government and the leadership of the National Assembly do not<br \/>\nreally care about improving access of the country&#8217;s poorest and most<br \/>\nvulnerable people to basic public services like healthcare and<br \/>\neducation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cutting basic healthcare budget, especially at a time of COVID-19<br \/>\ncrisis in the country, will undermine the ability of your government to<br \/>\neffectively and satisfactorily respond to the crisis and to protect<br \/>\nNigerians and ensure their well-being. Cutting education budget would<br \/>\nmean that 16 million out-of-school Nigerian children would remain on the<br \/>\nstreet for many years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Basic healthcare and education should not bear the brunt of your<br \/>\ngovernment&#8217;s efforts to balance the 2020 budget. Cutting basic<br \/>\nhealthcare budget would exacerbate the effects of COVID-19, have<br \/>\nlong-term consequences for the well-being of Nigerians, and violate the<br \/>\ngovernment&#8217;s constitutional and international human rights obligations<br \/>\nto the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any perceived budget crisis does not excuse this flagrant violation of<br \/>\nconstitutional law and international standards. Any budget cuts to<br \/>\nhealthcare and the Universal Basic Education Commission will only worsen<br \/>\nNigeria&#8217;s ailing health and education sectors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These essential public goods and services must be protected even during<br \/>\nthese lean budget times. Doing the opposite would cause significant<br \/>\nhealth challenges to the country&#8217;s poorest and most vulnerable people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Disproportionate cuts in healthcare and education budgets will also<br \/>\ncontinue to deny Nigerians particularly the poorest and the most<br \/>\nvulnerable people access to effective and functioning public healthcare<br \/>\nand education services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SERAP proposes cutting among others, the following aspects of the<br \/>\nNational Assembly and Presidency budgets: the N15 million monthly<br \/>\nallowances\/running costs per senator, about N10 million monthly<br \/>\nallowances\/running costs per member of the House of Representatives, as<br \/>\nwell as budgets for the Presidency on travel, feeding, and vehicles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other aspects of the National Assembly budget revealed by the Chairman,<br \/>\nPresidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay<br \/>\n(SAN), and which SERAP proposes should be cut include the following:<br \/>\nbasic salary (N2,484,245.50); hardship allowance (N1,242, 122.70);<br \/>\nconstituency allowance (N4,968, 509.00); furniture allowance (N7, 452,<br \/>\n736.50); and wardrobe allowance (N621,061.37).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Others include: recess allowance (N248,424.55); accommodation<br \/>\n(N4,968,509.00); utilities allowance (N828,081.83); entertainment<br \/>\n(N828,081.83); vehicle maintenance allowance (N1,863,184.12); leave<br \/>\nallowance (N248,424.55); severance gratuity (N7, 425,736.50); and motor<br \/>\nvehicle allowance (N9, 936,982.00).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Continuing to spend scarce public funds on these expenses would deny<br \/>\nthe most disadvantaged access to public goods and services, and burden<br \/>\nthe next generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SERAP further urges you to instruct Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of<br \/>\nFinance, Budget and National Planning to work with the leadership of the<br \/>\nNational Assembly to work out the details of cuts to National Assembly<br \/>\nand Presidency budgets, and the reversal of the cuts to basic healthcare<br \/>\nand education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to our information, your government has proposed to<br \/>\ndrastically cut basic healthcare budget by N26.51 billion, that is, from<br \/>\nthe N44.49 billion initially budgeted down to just N17.98 billion. Your<br \/>\ngovernment has also proposed to cut education budget by N50.76 billion,<br \/>\nthat is, from the N111.78 billion initially budgeted for UBEC down to<br \/>\njust to N61.02 billion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SERAP notes that access to basic healthcare is closely related to and<br \/>\ndependent upon the realization of other human rights, including the<br \/>\nright to education, human dignity, life, non-discrimination, equality,<br \/>\nand access to information. 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