The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, to immediately disclose the identities of all local contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors and other entities that benefited from payments under the controversial $460 million Abuja CCTV Project.
In a statement issued on Sunday, SERAP said the demand followed fresh disclosures by the Federal Ministry of Finance in response to contempt proceedings initiated by the organisation over alleged non-compliance with a court judgment ordering transparency on the project.
According to SERAP, the Ministry, in a letter dated May 15, 2026 and signed by the Permanent Secretary, R.O. Omachi, stated that records from the Ministry of Police Affairs showed that while local subcontractors “may have been engaged,” there were no detailed subcontracting records identifying specific local companies that directly received funds from the Chinese loan tied to the project.
SERAP expressed concern over what it described as inadequate record-keeping and lack of transparency surrounding the National Public Security Communication System project, popularly known as the Abuja CCTV Project.
The organisation noted that although the Federal High Court delivered judgment on the matter in May 2023, the Ministry only released partial information after SERAP commenced contempt proceedings and served a Notice to Show Cause in January 2026.
“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,” SERAP stated.
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court had on May 15, 2023 ordered the Ministry of Finance to disclose the total amount paid under the $460 million Abuja CCTV loan agreement, the identities of local and Chinese contractors who received the funds, the implementation status of the project, and details relating to the reported N1.5 billion payment for the Code of Conduct Bureau headquarters project.
SERAP, however, maintained that the details so far released by the government amount to only partial compliance with the court judgment, insisting that key questions remain unanswered.
