Between 2015 and 2018, huge allocations were made in the federal budgets for the execution of constituency projects in communities across Abia State. The projects include community centres, erosion control/water supply, schools, bridges and roads. In this report, Patrick Egwu – working with data sourced fromA one-hour drive from Umuahia, the state capital, Umunwanwa is on the road that links Abia State to Owerri, the Imo State capital.
“They came here and did small works, poured some truckloads of red mud and left and that has been causing more damage than before,” Mr Nwaosuagu who is also the President-General of the community said. “I think the job they did there was not up to N3 million and they left. Since then, the landslide has become terrible, breaking the road into two. No vehicle uses this road,” he said pointing at the damaged section of the road.
Out of these, only 64 projects at a total cost of N1.3 billion have clear descriptions and locations. The others consisted of trainings, empowerments and supply of various equipment and machines to members of the constituency. This reporter tracked 39 projects across different communities and found that about half of the projects had been done or at the final stages of completion while the remaining are either abandoned or partially executed.
“They came here two weeks ago after being away for a very long time,” said Chijioke Ibiam, a motorcycle rider who lives in the community where the project is situated. “They have done some work but they are very slow. They don’t come here often; they only come when they like.” Repeated efforts to confirm the exact amount released for each of the projects by the AIRBDA were unsuccessful. Its spokesperson, Chidi Amaliri, did not return calls and messages sent to him.
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