President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave his disapproval on constituency projects, for which the federal government has appropriated N1 trillion in the last 10 years without corresponding impact on the lives of the people.
Buhari said this at a national summit on ‘‘Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service,’’ organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), yesterday in Abuja.
According to the president, the first phase report of tracking of these projects by ICPC confirmed this administration’s worst fear that the benefits of the constituency projects were not trickling down to the common people at the grassroots despite the huge sums appropriated for constituency projects since inception.
He expressed delight that through the effort of ICPC some contractors were returning to sites to execute projects hitherto abandoned, while project sponsors were also being held to account.
‘‘The ICPC has my full support and the support of this government to hold fully to account contractors, complicit public servants and project sponsors who divert funds meant for constituencies or other people-oriented welfare projects of our government or who by other means reduce the quality and value of such projects meant for our people,’’ Buhari stated.