The Public and Private Development Centre has said that detailed accountability and monitoring of Universal Basic Education Commission and National Primary Health Care Development Agency projects in the country would greatly reduce the level of abandoned projects across the nation.
“In the year 2020, we deployed Community Based Monitors to monitor UBEC and Primary Health Care projects which are schools and primary health centres. The reason for this is to give the general public access to public procurement information so that people can know the kind of projects that have been awarded to their communities. It is not just limited to UBEC and PHC, it is across all the public institutions.
“They are all in sorry states where the government and beneficiary community loses out completely because it has become a situation of money spent without result. In response to the report, the representative of NPHCDA, Mr Ayodeji John, said that the agency was already working on putting a stop to the dilapidation of already completed PHC projects across the nation.
“Though funds were released by the government and members of the National Assembly for such projects, they were not enough for the completion of the projects. And to avoid a situation in which the funds would have to be returned if not used, the contracts of such projects are awarded and commenced with the hope that the remaining funds required would be made available but in many cases, that never happened. This is what has led to such projects being abandoned due to inadequate funds.
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