Minister Buhari has been directed by the court to provide an explanation for the disbursement of N729 billion aimed at alleviating poverty.

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has instructed the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development,
Sadia Umar-Farouk, to present a report on how N729bn allegedly distributed to 24.3 million impoverished Nigerians was carried out.
The court mandated the former minister to submit a comprehensive list of all the recipients, along with their banking information, who received the N5,000 distributed over a period of six months. The judge issued these directives during the ruling on a case, identified as FHC/L/CS/853/2021, initiated by Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP disclosed that the ruling was made in June, with the certified true copy being made available by the court on Friday.