A new report by Tracka, the service delivery monitoring arm of BudgIT, has exposed significant irregularities in Nigeria’s public infrastructure spending, identifying 92 fraudulently delivered projects and nearly 100 abandoned sites across the country.
The 2024/2025 Project Tracking Report, which monitored 2,760 projects across 28 states, paints a sobering picture of the gap between budget allocations and actual community development. While 1,438 projects were successfully completed, the findings reveal a systemic pattern of fund diversion, poor execution, and the recycling of old projects in new budget cycles.
According to the report released by Tracka, five states Imo (17.43%), Lagos (12.73%), Kwara (11.76%), Abia (10.67%), and Ogun (8.33%) account for over 57% of all fraudulent projects detected. These irregularities represent a staggering ₦8.61 billion of the ₦15.07 billion total disbursed for projects in the fraudulent category.
The report defines these fraudulent activities as the diversion of funds to different locations, disbursements for projects already finished in previous years, and substandard execution. Beyond the fraud, Tracka found that 471 projects had not been started at all, while 99 were completely abandoned.
“The 2024/2025 report serves both as a warning and an invitation,” the organization stated. “Without accountability, public resources will continue to be wasted; but with citizen engagement, institutions and communities can ensure that public spending delivers real, measurable impact.”
Tracka’s monitoring also focused on high-impact sectors, including the revitalisation of primary healthcare centres, dam projects, and federal infrastructure in the Niger Delta. The organization emphasized that while the data highlights deep-seated corruption and logistical failure, it also underscores the power of citizen feedback in holding government institutions to account.
With over 600 projects still in progress, the watchdog group is calling for increased transparency to ensure these remaining works do not slip into the “abandoned” category.
