Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on Sunday demanded that the Federal Government immediately publish the identities of all local contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and other entities that benefited from payments made under the controversial $460 million Abuja CCTV Project.
The group made the demand in a statement shared on its official Facebook page, urging Taiwo Oyedele, identified in the statement as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, to ensure full disclosure of all beneficiaries linked to the National Public Security Communication System project in Abuja.
SERAP’s demand followed fresh revelations by the Federal Ministry of Finance in response to contempt proceedings initiated by the organisation over alleged failure to comply with a court judgment delivered in 2023.
According to SERAP, the Ministry, in a letter dated May 15, 2026 and signed by Permanent Secretary R. O. Omachi, admitted that although local subcontractors may have participated in the project, there were no detailed records identifying the specific Nigerian companies that directly received funds from the Chinese loan tied to the CCTV initiative.
The Ministry reportedly stated: “Records from the Ministry of Police Affairs indicate that while local subcontractors may have been engaged, there is an absence of detailed subcontracting records identifying specific local companies that received funds directly from the Chinese loan.”
Reacting to the disclosure, SERAP expressed concern over what it described as poor transparency and accountability in the handling of the project, noting that Nigerians still remain in the dark about the identities of the local contractors involved.
The organisation also faulted the delay in the release of information, stressing that the Ministry only provided partial details after contempt proceedings were initiated and a Notice to Show Cause was served in January 2026.
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“We are concerned that although the judgment was delivered in May 2023, the Ministry only released some information after we commenced contempt proceedings,” SERAP said.
According to the group, the absence of comprehensive records raises “serious concerns about record keeping, transparency and accountability, and whether the project was implemented in a manner consistent with the public interest.”
SERAP further maintained that the information released so far falls short of full compliance with the judgment delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court on May 15, 2023.
The court had ordered the Ministry of Finance to disclose the total amount paid under the $460 million Abuja CCTV loan, the identities of both local and Chinese contractors that received the funds, the implementation status of the project, as well as details surrounding the reported N1.5 billion payment for the Code of Conduct Bureau headquarters project.
The civic group insisted that key questions surrounding the controversial project remain unanswered and called for complete disclosure to ensure accountability in the use of public funds.