The Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade,
FHRACC, has threatened to institute legal action against President Muhammadu
Buhari if he fails to declare his health status, as well as the amount he spent
to treat himself in the United Kingdom.
FHRACC National President, Alaowei Ebikonbowei handed down
the threat in a statement on Saturday.
He stated that the refusal of the Government to disclose the
money spent on the President’s health was the greatest disservice to Nigerians.
The stated that concealing such vital information from the
public was “corruption” itself, noting that President Buhari was under
obligation, both in law and under all known conventional practices to be
accountable to the people who gave him their mandate.
“We believed that there is no security threat for Buhari to
declare his health to Nigerians and or furnish us with the money he has spent
on his health.
“Concealing such vital information from the prying public is
to say the least corruption itself. If security should be an excuse from
disclosing public money the Government has spent on public servants, then the
law can also preclude public office holders from declaring their assets as
required by the Code of Conduct Bureau Act.
“The Government cannot be flouting the relevant provisions
of the laws of the land, especially the Freedom of Information Act and the 1999
Constitution. We are calling on the Government to do what is right in the eyes
of the law, otherwise we may take some necessary legal steps to compel it to do
the right thing.
“President Buhari sworn an oath to protect the laws of the
land and not to breach them with impunity. It’s for public good, public safety
and public morality that Mr President informs Nigerians of the details of his
health and how much he has spent to treat himself. This is the demonstration of
the Government’s sincerity in upholding its much chorused “Change Must Begin
With Me”, a new national orientation that it has introduced to Nigerians”, he
said.
