Oladayo Olaide

In the 2024 FG Budget, N4billion was allocated to the Construction of Student Hostel at FUTA, Ondo state. Out of which, N149.9m was paid to PITCH GLOBAL SERVICES LTD in Dec 2025. We tracked and report that this project has been abandoned for almost 1year. Construction was done up to the lintel level, but the structure is now buried in overgrown bushes. Also, contractors, workers or machinery were not found on site. We call on @NigEducation, the implementing agency, to provide the public with details of this project and facilitate its completion.

🚨 N962.83 Billion for SUVs and Empowerment Projects Exceeds the Combined Budget of Seven Key Federal Ministries in the 2026 Budget Our review of the 2026 FG Budget uncovered another troubling pattern of opaque spending. 🚙 39 SUVs - N15.13 bn 👥 2,579 Empowerment Projects - N947.7 bn Total: N962.83 bn This is more than the combined N960.27bn allocation to seven key Federal Ministries: 🏭 Industry, Trade & Investment - N156.8bn 🏘️ Housing - N145.3bn 👩 Women Affairs - N169.39bn ⚖️ Justice - N150.7bn 🐄 Livestock Development - N177.6bn ✈️ Aviation & Aerospace Development - N87.3bn 🪔 Petroleum Resources - N73.1bn Yet, only 70 of the 2,579 empowerment projects have clearly identified implementation locations. This raises serious accountability concerns: 📍 How can citizens track projects with no stated location? 🔍 How can oversight institutions verify implementation? 💰 How can taxpayers know who ultimately benefits from these allocations? The concerns don't end there, these projects are spread across 184 implementing agencies, many of which have no statutory mandate to execute empowerment programmes. Leading agencies 👇 📌 @fedccojiriver - 393 projects worth N127.1bn 📌 National Agricultural Development Fund - 6 projects worth N89.5bn 📌 @Fchdkgombe - 216 projects worth N88.1bn 📌 @officialfccib - 94 projects worth N36.9bn Let us be clear, there is nothing inherently wrong with empowerment programmes! When well-designed and transparently implemented, they can improve livelihoods, create economic opportunities, and support vulnerable Nigerians. However, experience over the years has shown that many poorly defined empowerment projects have become vehicles for political patronage, rewarding loyalists rather than delivering broad-based benefits to citizens. When projects have no clear location, no transparent beneficiary selection process, and are assigned to agencies without the appropriate mandate, public confidence is eroded, and accountability becomes difficult. This concern is even more pressing given that the 2026 Budget is projected to be financed with a deficit of about 46%. At a time when government is borrowing heavily to fund public expenditure, every naira should be directed toward investments with clear development outcomes, measurable impact, and value for money, not opaque allocations that citizens cannot effectively track. A budget should not only allocate resources, it should also inspire public confidence. Every budget item should have a clear purpose, a defined location, an implementing agency with the legal mandate to deliver it, identifiable beneficiaries, and measurable outcomes. 📄 The comprehensive list of these allocations is available on our website 👉yourtracka.org/ng/documents #Publicfundsmustworkforthegoodofthepeople #Askquestions