BREAKING: Name Local Contractors In $460m Abuja CCTV Project, SERAP Urges FG

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the Federal Government to immediately disclose the identities of all local contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and vendors that benefited from the $460 million Abuja CCTV project, also known as the National Public Security Communication System.

SERAP also called on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to provide full details of payments, project execution, and outstanding deliverables, insisting that Nigerians still lack key information on how the funds were spent.

The demand was contained in a letter dated May 23, 2026, and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.

According to the organisation, the Federal Ministry of Finance had recently told it that there was “an absence of detailed subcontracting records identifying specific local companies that received funds directly from the Chinese loan,” despite indicating that local subcontractors may have been engaged.

The ministry’s position was contained in a letter dated May 15, 2026, signed by Permanent Secretary R. O. Omachi, according to a statement issued by Kolawole on Sunday.

SERAP said the response followed its contempt proceedings over a 2023 judgment of the Federal High Court ordering disclosure of details of the project, including contractors, funding, and implementation status.

“We are concerned that although the judgment was delivered in May 2023, the Ministry only released some information after we commenced contempt proceedings and served a Notice to Show Cause in January 2026,” SERAP said.

The group maintained that the government’s response amounted to only partial compliance with the court order.

According to SERAP, “Nigerians still do not know exactly the names of local contractors for the project. The absence of this information raises serious concerns about record keeping, transparency and accountability, and whether the project was implemented in a manner consistent with the public interest.”