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General News of Sunday, 5 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Runsewe reacts to audit report indicting his agency

Segun Runsewe Segun Runsewe

Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, Olusegun Runsewe has reacted after he was reportedly indicted in the recently released National Audit Report by the Auditor General of the Federation, AGF.

Reacting to the audit report which indicted the NCAC and its Director- General, Runsewe stated that it involves the activities of the agency before he became the Director-General in 2017.

A statement issued by his media aide, Frank Meke, addresses the indictment of financial irregularities and contract awards and payment.

It reads in part:

”The reports actually looked at the activities of the agency when I was not there.

”I think there is a misconception about what that report is all about, which looked at the books of the agency between 2015 and 2016 when I was not there.

”I have explained that there is the need to be careful when journalists go through such sensitive reports and may wish to publish its findings.

“Rushing to the press without taking time to look at the various angles will possibly leave innocent people highly misunderstood or hurt.

”The call to service to our fatherland comes with a lot of challenges, with a lot of people thinking on how to bring others down.

”There are also those who are uncomfortable with the changes to which NCAC has brought about to Nigeria’s cultural and tourism revival.

”So certain efforts such as this normal report of agencies’ activities and not just NCAC alone, should not be blown out of proportion.”