The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye on Monday issued a legal threat against the United Nations (UN), expressing her intention to take legal action if the global organization does not disclose the reports detailing the funds donated for the benefit of Nigerians.
In an interview on AIT, the minister criticized the lack of transparency in the United Nations’ utilization of funds received from donations for Nigerians. She has set a one-month ultimatum, commencing from the 16th of October and ending on November 15, during which she plans to prepare a pre-action notice to serve on the UN.
She said, “And I stand here as Minister of Women Affairs to demand from UN, all the UN; that we want account of all the money they sourced from donors in the name of Nigeria. We want to see the account of it and if you don’t give us this account, at least let Nigerians see what has been going on. Then you plead with them, apologise to them and change your ways.
“From 16th of October to November 15th. If we don’t see these reports published for Nigerians to see, we are heading to court. From 16th of October to November 8, they get our pre-action letters. That is to prepare them on the 15th, we are heading to court. And I am promising Nigerians that immediately it is that 15th, by the next day, you will hear the suit number and all of you, we will gather to that place for the case to come on, and call for them to call for them to defend the money, they are using you to collect from donor.”
