OVERPRICED!!!
Dear
@icpcnigeria &
@officialEFCC @SenGodswill
Project Code ERGP20247175 is listed in the 2024 FG budget as the construction of an ICT Centre in Etim Ekpo, Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, with a total allocation of ₦355 million. The project is being executed through the Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan, under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
Records show that over ₦220 million was released in September and November 2024 alone. ₦102 million was paid to Alpuba Services Limited, Abuja, for construction, while ₦118.3 million went to D’Frontiers Multiproject Nig. Ltd for equipment and furnishing under Lot G29.
This project was facilitated by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, yet its placement raises serious concerns. An ICT centre has been pushed through an agency whose mandate is cooperative education and rural agricultural development, not digital infrastructure. The Ministry of Agriculture exists to address farming, food security, and agro-related development, not ICT construction and furnishing.
This pattern reflects a wider problem in constituency projects, where unrelated agencies are routinely used as channels for political allocations. The result is weak oversight, poor delivery, inflated costs, and projects that fail to meet community needs.
Tracking by the Tracka team, using publicly available spending data, shows that the project is located at Ikono Annang Comprehensive Secondary School in Nkwot Ikono, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
While the building exists and has been partially furnished, the outcome does not reflect the scale of public funds spent. Only 25 desktop computers, basic tables, and stools were supplied. Essential facilities are missing, including UPS systems, printers, backup power such as generators or solar solutions, ceiling fans, whiteboards, and a perimeter fence. The centre remains largely unusable and locked, denying students and teachers any real benefit.
Beyond the delivery failure, there is also concern about political branding. Constituency project signposts increasingly carry the images of political office holders, including the Senate President, turning public infrastructure funded by taxpayers into personal political billboards.
This project fits into a broader pattern of questionable allocations linked to the same Ministry of Agriculture, where funds meant for agricultural development are diverted to unrelated projects such as police facilities, transformers, solar streetlights, and ICT centres, often presented as rural interventions.
The Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan must work with anti-corruption agencies to ensure contractors return to site, complete the project to standard, and account for every naira spent. Public funds must translate into real value for communities, not poorly executed projects wrapped in political promotion.
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