FG Should Reveal The Cost Of Centenary Celebration-SERAP

Lagos—Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability
Project, SERAP, has requested the Federal
Government to make public what it expended on the
centenary celebration.
In a statement issued in Lagos, yesterday, by its
executive director, Mr. Tokunbo Mumuni, the non
governmental organisation condemned what it
called a celebration of corruption by the government
for given out “public awards to indicted corrupt
public officials, sending a wrong message that
amounts to a triumph of corruption over public
probity and integrity.”
Besides, SERAP in its statement, supported the
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on his
rejection of the centenary award, and said that any
public award for corrupt people was not portraying
the government as ready to battle corruption in
Nigeria.
The organisation said: “The award to the late
military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, considered one
of the most corrupt leaders the country ever had,
cannot be justified on any ground whatsoever, and
in fact send the message that corruption pays.”