The Director general of National Council For Art and
Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has stated that his current travails is
linked to his patriotic desire to protect and defend government property owned
by National Council For Arts and Culture.
He disclosed that the property, the Art and Craft
village (Opposite Abuja Sheraton) valued at 9.8billion is the reason behind why
some people wanted him hounded into jail and removed from office because he
refused to dance to their tunes.
Runsewe further revealed that government property
was turned into a drug den, a holdbay and rented house for hooligans and
criminals, a depot for illegal arms and sundry criminal activities, which
turned the place to security threat not only to Abuja residents but to foreigners
who engage in early hours exercises through the street in the morning and
were molested by criminals from this location.
“So I wonder why some people are bent on converting
government property to a haven of inappropriate engagement, hence, the police
had to close down the place.
"The Art and Craft village belongs to the Federal
Republic Of Nigeria, it does not belong to me but to the Nigerian people, so I
would be failing in my duties as a public officer and appointee of government
if I cannot protect government property to which I was mandated to oversize."
He explained.
Runsewe noted that it is imperative to clear air on
this issue to help stem the tide of negative reactions and to reassure
Nigerians that all hands must be on deck to protect the interest of any
property that belongs to Nigeria and ensure that they are not misapplied or
abused.
He thanked all those who have shown interest about his
welfare through phone calls, messages and visits adding that his life is in the
hand of God and that he will do his best within the ambits of law to secure and
protect Nigerian cultural assets including those outside the shores of
Nigeria.
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