SHOCKER: TRACKA Report flags 92 Fraudulent Tasks valued at N15 Billion beneath Tinubu’s Govt
A civic accountability audit has raised recent considerations over the implementation of federal government-funded initiatives beneath President Bola Tinubu’s administration, uncovering widespread instances of abandonment, non-execution and fraudulent supply throughout a number of states.
The 2024/2025 challenge monitoring report launched on Thursday by Tracka, a citizen-led monitoring initiative of BudgIT, revealed that dozens of initiatives funded with public sources both did not materialise or had been delivered in ways in which undermined their meant objective.
In keeping with the report, Tracka monitored 2,760 federally funded initiatives throughout 28 states. Of this quantity, only one,438 initiatives had been totally accomplished. Whereas 660 initiatives had been nonetheless ongoing on the time of evaluation, 471 had not been executed regardless of budgetary provisions, and 99 initiatives had been categorised as deserted.
Extra troubling, the report documented 92 initiatives valued at ₦15.07 billion as fraudulently delivered. Tracka defined that these initiatives had been marred by practices reminiscent of diversion of funds, relocation to unauthorised websites, repeated funds for initiatives executed in earlier price range cycles, partial implementation and substandard execution.
Imo, Lagos, Kwara, Abia and Ogun states had been recognized as having the very best focus of such fraudulent initiatives. Collectively, the 5 states accounted for 57.1 per cent of the fraudulently delivered initiatives, involving ₦8.61 billion out of the ₦15.07 billion complete recognized.
As a part of its evaluation, Tracka performed focused monitoring of infrastructure initiatives thought of important to nationwide improvement, together with dams, major healthcare centres and federal interventions within the Niger Delta.
The report highlighted important implementation gaps in dam-related initiatives, that are essential for irrigation, flood management and energy era. Towards the backdrop of repeated nationwide grid collapses recorded in 2024, Tracka tracked 16 dam initiatives throughout 13 states with a mixed worth of ₦432 million. Not one of the initiatives had been accomplished. 4 had been deserted, six had been progressing slowly, whereas six had not commenced regardless of proof of funding approvals.
Findings from the well being sector had been equally regarding. Tracka monitored 47 revitalised major healthcare centres throughout 25 states. Solely 26 services confirmed seen enhancements in infrastructure or medical gear. Twelve centres had been present process renovation, eight confirmed no signal of intervention regardless of being listed as revitalised, and one facility had been fully deserted.
The report famous that in lots of affected communities, residents proceed to journey lengthy distances to entry medical care resulting from insufficient staffing, poor gear and weak sanitation requirements at native well being services.
Within the Niger Delta, Tracka monitored 48 federal government-funded initiatives throughout Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta and Rivers states. Of those, 29 initiatives had been accomplished and delivered measurable advantages to communities, 13 had not commenced, 4 had been ongoing, whereas two initiatives had been untraceable regardless of confirmed funding allocations.
Regardless of the challenges recognized, the report additionally highlighted 15 success tales the place citizen engagement contributed to improved challenge supply. These included the revitalisation of Kaida Sabo Main Healthcare Centre, renovation works at Nawairudeen Main College in Plateau State, completion of a beforehand stalled healthcare centre in Ikirun, empowerment programmes for individuals with disabilities in Katsina, erosion management initiatives in Rivers State, and borehole initiatives in Akwa Ibom.
Talking on the findings, the Head of Tracka, Joshua Osiyemi, careworn the significance of citizen participation in safeguarding public sources. He stated stronger group oversight might considerably scale back corruption and enhance service supply nationwide.
“If simply 5 per cent of Nigerians interact in oversight, monitoring might attain 50 per cent,” Osiyemi stated. “That stage of participation would drastically scale back alternatives for corruption and enhance the standard of life throughout communities.”
The report provides to rising requires tighter monitoring, transparency and accountability within the execution of public initiatives beneath the administration of Bola Tinubu, amid ongoing considerations about worth for cash and repair supply on the grassroots.