Tracka

Understanding how your state budget works is key to demanding transparency and holding leaders accountable.

This June, we’re bringing Izu Ononugbo to help you make sense of the budget and learn how you can track its implementation.

📆 Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ 11am

Tutor: Izu Ononugbo. Public Finance Analyst.

Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/PX4uZkvQBcJYDZPC7

N1bn was allocated to the Completion of Mubi-Maiha Road 26KM Maiha LGA, Adamawa state in the 2025 Adamawa state budget.

We tracked and report that this project is ongoing.
Drainages and culverts have been done. Grading and earthworks is ongoing from Mubi town approaching Maiha.

We will keep tracking to ensure quality work is done.

🚨 Over N39.8m Paid, Yet No Projects on Ground in Abia Communities

Our tracking activities in Abia State uncovered two FG-funded projects where contractors received a combined N39.8m in mobilization payments, yet no work had commenced as of today.

📍 N12.98m to Bavian Vogue Ltd for the reconstruction of Ahiankwo Market in Okpoloumuobo Ward 10, Osisioma Ngwa LGA.
📍 N26.85m to Bellevue Investments Ltd for the construction of a Health Centre at Osusu Umuelendu, Ward 4, Ugwunagbo LGA.

According to http://govspend.ng records, all payments were made on 31 March 2026, yet our visits to the communities revealed no contractor presence, no site mobilization, and no evidence of project ex*****on.

The affected communities remain without the market infrastructure, civic hall, and healthcare facility promised through public funds. In Osusu Umuelendu, a community of over 2,000 residents still lacks a health centre and relies on temporary healthcare services.

Even more concerning, these projects were assigned to Federal Cooperative College, Orji River, an institution whose core mandate does not include the construction of markets, civic halls, or primary healthcare centres.

This raises important questions:
❓ Why are projects unrelated to the agency's mandate being routed through it?
❓ Why have mobilization funds been paid without visible project ex*****on?
❓ What accountability mechanisms are in place to protect public funds?

We urge the , Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ICPC Nigeria, and the National Assembly Committees on Public Accounts to investigate why public funds have been disbursed while communities are yet to see corresponding project delivery.

Citizens must also pay attention not only to budget allocations but also to who is implementing projects and whether those projects align with the mandate of the agencies handling them.

We paid monitoring visits to PHC Gabi, Lapai LGA, Niger state and met it in shambles.

A section of the ceiling is leaking, allowing water to enter during rainfall, the walls are mold infested and the windows are bad.

We also observed that a borehole project started 4 years ago has been abandoned. And although the facility is connected to the public water supply, it is not reliable.

We implore the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, and the , to facilitate the renovation of this facility.