The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to put in motion necessary machinery to convert confiscated stolen assets as COVID-19 isolation centres across the country.
To this end, SERAP has advised Buhari to urgently instruct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abukabar Malami (SAN) to work with appropriate ministries and agencies to identify, publish and use confiscated stolen assets as isolation centres.
It said: “Using confiscated assets as isolation centres would provide safe and enabling environments for the treatment and care of people, improve the authorities’ ability to respond to COVID-19, reduce the risks to Nigerians and to public health.
“Rather than begging Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres, the authorities should identify, publish and use confiscated assets as isolation centres, as a temporary measure. Using confiscated assets as isolation centres would be proportionate, necessary, and serve a legitimate objective, namely to protect public health and public order .”
“The proposed measure would be lawful, and more effective, as it would be in the public interest. Using the confiscated assets as proposed would neither violate the accused’s right to property nor entail a duty to compensate. The proposal by the Minister of Health would pose unnecessary risks to public health.”
Persecondnews recalls that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire had last week appealed to Nigerians to donate and temporarily make their buildings available as isolation centres, saying more buildings will be needed as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) plans to test two million people in the next three months.
SERAP in a letter dated 2 May, 2020 and signed by the Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, said: “While it is important to ramp-up testing for COVID-19 to prevent the spread of the virus, asking Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres would be counter-productive as it would put them at greater risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19.
“We urge you to ask Mr Malami to urgently work out the details and modalities for implementing these recommendations with the Ministry of Health, Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
“SERAP urges you to ask the Minister of Health to drop the idea of begging Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres, and to move swiftly to focus on implementing these recommendations as a step towards effectively reducing the spread of COVID-19, treating and caring for people, and fulfilling the right to health, in line with Nigeria’s human rights obligations and the sustainable development goals.
“Our recommendations, apart from being entirely compatible with Nigeria’s international anti-corruption obligations including the UN Convention against Corruption, which has been ratified, would also enhance the ability of the authorities to effectively and satisfactorily respond to COVID-19.”
It said asking Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres may also violate their fundamental human right.
SERAP restated its request to the government to provide details and locations of all recovered stolen public funds and properties.
“Publishing confiscated assets would also be entirely consistent with the judgment by Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which ordered your government to tell Nigerians about the stolen assets it allegedly recovered.
“The judgment was delivered in July 2017 following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/CS/964/2016 brought by SERAP. Your government has refused to obey the judgment, despite Mr Malami publicly promising to do so.
“We hope that the aspects highlighted will help guide your actions in acting to ensure enabling environments as isolation centres to treat and care for Nigerians, as the NCDC takes steps to ramp up testing for COVID-19,” it said.
SERAP’s urgent appeal was copied to Mr Abukabar Malami; Dr Osagie Ehanire; Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC; Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC; and Mr Ibrahim Mustafa Magu, Acting Chairman, EFCC.
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