The Kano State Government has instituted a law suit against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and two others over their alleged refusal to provide it with information relating to deductions from its allocations and those of its local governments for the Petroleum Support Fund.
Also listed in the case brought before the Federal High Court, Abuja, are the finance ministry and the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
The applicant, in a supporting affidavit to its ex-parte application, stated that its officials had written to the PPPRA on April 11 for information on the issue.
The state further stated that respondents have been making deductions in this regard from the monies accruable to it and its local Governments, but have never disclosed the amount deducted since 2005 to date.
The state said it had sought the information through due process, but was denied by the respondents, which informed its filing of this application brought under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011.
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