Tinubu Government Allocates N2.8billion To Nigerian Federal Polytechnic To Build Palaces, Police Stations In Edo, Osun, Others

An investigation of the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act (2024 approved budget), has revealed that the President Bola Tinubu’s medication allocated the sum of N2,820,000,000 (N2.8 billion) to the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (NICTM), a Federal Polytechnic located astatine Uromi successful Edo State, to conception accepted palaces, constabulary presumption and constabulary quarters, roads and thoroughfare lights successful Osun, Cross River and Edo states.

Other projects extracurricular the polytechnic’s jurisdiction which the authorities allocated the funds for are; proviso of motorcycles to traders successful Bayelsa State, proviso of operational vehicles to assemblage vigilantes successful Katsina, gathering of wellness centre successful Osun, and operation and repair of soak-away successful Delta State.

Operating nether the Federal Ministry of Education, NICTM was established by the national authorities of Nigeria “To nutrient mediate and high-level manpower for the nation’s economical and concern maturation successful the areas of operation technology, applied sciences and absorption sciences.”

The polytechnic has the imaginativeness “To beryllium a top-notch TVET Institution committed to raising a caller procreation of originative leaders successful operation and related fields of endeavor,” and the ngo “To make cognition to thrust the operation manufacture via hands-on skill-driven curricula; employing innovative methods successful handling technical, vocational, and acquisition and grooming of caller procreation leaders.”

By accusation of the school’s vision, ngo and the Rector’s connection connected the institution’s website, it is wide that the schoolhouse has nary concern with operation of accepted palaces, operation of constabulary stations and constabulary quarters, operation and repair of soak-away, operation of thoroughfare lights oregon proviso of vehicles to either assemblage vigilantes oregon traders.

However, SaharaReporters’ investigation of the approved 2024 fund showed that with a full fund of N20,650,099,213, President Tinubu’s medication budgeted the sum of N300 cardinal nether the polytechnic for “Construction and renovation of Emu Onojie accepted palace, Esan South East and Oria Onojie accepted palace, Esan South East,” successful Edo State.

The sum of N900 cardinal was allocated to the schoolhouse for “On-going operation of Ibil road, Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State.”

A sum of N500 cardinal was allocated to the instauration for “Construction of star thoroughfare lights successful Yala communities of Cross River state,” portion different N400 cardinal was budgeted nether the schoolhouse for “Construction of star thoroughfare lights successful Idum, Odajie, Egbe, Ogberia communities successful Cross River State.”

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Also, N50 cardinal was allocated to the schoolhouse for “Construction and repair of soak-away and installation of 3-in-1 K-integrated star thoroughfare lights astatine Sapele prisons successful Sapele Local Government Area, Delta Central Senatorial District, Delta State.”

A sum of N300 cardinal was budgeted nether NICTM for “Supply of motorcycles and different empowerment instrumentality successful selected communities successful Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency, Bayelsa State,” and “Construction of township roadworthy astatine Banye, Batagarawa/Charanchi/Rimi Federal Constituency of Katsina State.” 

Similarly, N100 cardinal was allocated to the instauration for “Supply of mobility operational vehicles astatine satisfactory information to beryllium utilised by communities’ watchers successful effectual mode to tackle the information challenges wrong Batagarawa/Charanchi/Rimi national constituency of Katsina state.”

Another N50 cardinal was budgeted for “Supply of motorcycles to easiness proscription by traders to cushion the effect of subsidy removal wrong Batagarawa/Charanchi/Rimi national constituency of Katsina state.”

Tinubu’s authorities successful the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act besides allocated N100 cardinal to the polytechnic for “Building and furnishing of a constabulary presumption astatine Oguro municipality successful Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun West Senatorial District,” and N20 cardinal for “Construction of 4th defender successful constabulary country command, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area and operation of information location astatine assemblage Centre, Igbodo, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State.”

The sum of N100 cardinal was besides allocated to the schoolhouse for “Rehabilitation and equipping of a broad wellness Centre successful Ede,” successful Osun State.

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