How ENetSuD Used FOI To Know Locations Of Over ₦2.8 Billion 2018 Projects Under NSPRI

The Federal Government budget is characterized by the insertion of many projects without specific locations (States, LGAs, and the name of communities).

During our 2018 project tracking exercise, we discovered that various projects under NSPRI were captured in the budget of the Federal Government without any location, not even the State in the Federation.

ENetSuD wrote a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Nigeria Stored Product Research Institute, Ilorin (NSPRI) to demand information on some ambiguous projects under its 2018 budget.

In response to our FOI request, the locations and the specific appropriated amounts for the following projects were provided to us by NSPRI:

 PROJECTS A (ERGP445000953) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦100,000,000

1. Provision of Borehole in Olojoku Mosque, Ilorin West, Kwara State

2. Provision of Borehole in Sakele Mosque, Ilorin West, Kwara State

3. Provision of Borehole in Olusosun Compound, Adeta Area, Ilorin West, Kwara State

4. Provision of Borehole in Apalara, Ilorin West, Kwara State

5. Provision of Borehole in Oke Foma, Ilorin West, Kwara State

6. Provision of Borehole at Ayilara Area, Ilorin West, Kwara State

7. Provision of Borehole at Apata Yakuba, Ilorin East, Kwara State

8. Provision of Borehole at Albrarka Street, Manda GRA, Ilorin West, Kwara State

PROJECTS B (ERGP445000957) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦350,000,000

1. Supply of Agricultural Equipment in Irepodun, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

2. Supply of Agricultural Equipment in Osogbo, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

3. Supply of Agricultural Equipment in Olorunda, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

4. Supply of Agricultural Equipment in Orolu, Osun State (₦50,000,000)

PROJECTS C (ERGP445000958) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦500,000,000

1. Supply of Empowerment Equipment in Irepodun, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

2. Supply of Empowerment Equipment in Osogbo, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

3. Supply of Empowerment Equipment in Olorunda, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

4. Supply of Empowerment Equipment in Orolu, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

5. Supply of Empowerment Equipment in Erin, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

PROJECTS D (ERGP445000959) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦500,000,000 

1. Strategic Empowerment and Training in Irepodun, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

2. Strategic Empowerment and Training in Osogbo, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

3. Strategic Empowerment and Training in Olorunda, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

4. Strategic Empowerment and Training in Orolu, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

5. Strategic Empowerment and Training in Erin, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

PROJECTS E (ERGP445000960) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦500,000,000 

1. Solar Streetlights in Irepodun, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

2. Solar Streetlights in Osogbo, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

3. Solar Streetlights in Olorunda, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

4. Solar Streetlights in Orolu, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

5. Solar Streetlights in Erin, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

PROJECTS F (ERGP445000961) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦300,000,000

1. Supply of tractors in Irepodun, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

2. Supply of tractors in Olorunda/Osogbo, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

3. Supply of farm implements in Olorunda/Orolu/Osogbo Federal Constituency, Osun State (₦100,000,000)

PROJECTS G (ERGP445000962) WITH AN APPROPRIATION OF ₦150,000,000

1. Supply of Toyota buses in Irepodun/Olorunda, Osun State (₦75,000,000)

2. Supply of Toyota buses in Orolu/Osogbo, Osun State (₦75,000,000)

PROJECT H (ERGP30111245) - Empowerment training on postharvest loss reduction of staple crops in Nassarawa and Niger States (₦230,000,000)

PROJECT I (ERGP30112202) - Value Chain Development Training for Youth in Rivers and Ebonyi States (₦70,000,000)

PROJECT J (ERGP8111286) - Fabrication and Development of 10 tonnes inner atmosphere silos in Ebonyi State (₦21,000,000)

PROJECT K (ERGP445000951) -  Training and Empowerment of Women and Youths on Fish Value Addition in Selected Communities in Maiduguri, Borno State (₦100,000,000)

Since Kwara is our only focus at the moment, we only tracked all those projects that are domiciled in Kwara State while those located in other states were not tracked by ENetSuD.

This is another reason we are advocating for the domestication of the FOI Act in Kwara State - to enable citizens to have access to information on how public funds are spent by the Kwara State Government.

CITIZENS DESERVE TO KNOW HOW PUBLIC FUNDS ARE SPENT BY THE GOVERNMENT

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Signed,
Comrade Aliyu Mashood (Osho),
Deputy Coordinator (Projects Tracking)
ENetSuD