Reps Move To Review 60,000 Abandoned Projects, Says It Is Disappointing And Worrisome

The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Works to review 60,000 abandoned Federal Government Projects across the country noting that the abandonment of projects in Nigeria is disappointing and worrisome, and negatively impacts
infrastructural provisions and development.

The Review is to include Scope of work, commencement date, contract value, amount spent, and stage of work through Ministries, Departments and Agencies with workable plan to effectively complete the projects
and report back within four (4) weeks for further legislative action.

This follows the adoption of a motion on the “Need To Access And Fix Abandoned Federal Government Projects Across The County” sponsored by a member representing Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun waterside federal constituency Hon. Joseph Adegbesan during plenary session.

The Lawmaker notes that “statistics has shown that over 60,000 projects are abandoned in Nigeria, thereby obstructing citizens from utilizing their tax proceeds and natural resources, with the total value of these projects reaching trillions of Naira

“Disturbed that these projects were initiated and designed to improve the standard of living of Nigerians
through electrification, power improvement, provision of portable water, qualitative education, healthcare
facilities, construction of roads and bridges;

“Also disturbed that successive administrations have been ignoring these projects on the premise that it
was not initiated by their government or not within their policy direction, disregarding their importance
to Nigerians and taxpayers’ money spent.