Budgit Declares Sen Al-Makura’s N100 Million Idadu-Agbashi Road Culverts, Drainages An Abandoned Project

Rabiu Omaku

As, the present crop of the National Assembly elected for a period of four years expires by June, this year. 

A Representative of Budgit, Serah Musa has declared that Senator Al-Makura’s N100 Million Idadu-Agbashi Road culverts and drainages as an abandoned project

Budget, A Non-Governmental Organization saddled with the responsibility of monitoring of projects executed by members of the National Assembly, that is both members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

The Nasarawa State coordinator, Serah Musa during an interaction With Universal Reporters maintained that any project that exceeds the same year is automatically an abandoned project. 

It could be recalled that the incumbent Senator representing Nasarawa South, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura lobbied for the construction of a number of drainages and culverts along Idadu-Agbashi road in the year 2021 budget through the Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority, and a huge amount of the money was released but yet nothing was done at the site. 

The Senator confirmed to  Universal Reporters in June last year that the project would be completed before August 2022, but when our Correspondent went to the project site at the palace of the paramount ruler, Moses Alade it was an eyesore as nothing was done by the Senator.

Budgit is an NGO working with the anti-graft agencies, The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Commission (ICPC).

Al-Makura decried the skyrocketing of prices of construction materials to some of the impediments, saying he has overspent what was allocated for most of his constituency projects. 

The outgoing Senator in an exclusive interview hinted that he did not abandon any project, he however insisted that the project was moved from it original place due to the award of the 24km Idadu-Agbashi road by Governor Abdullahi Sule.

The immediate past averred that the flagging of Idadu-Agbashi road in December 2021 by Governor Abdullahi Sule has affected the contract. According to him, the N100 Million project was captured in National Assembly 2021 Federal Government consolidated project and facilitated by me is intact.

Other projects that are still hanging are the N50m meant for the procurement of units of transformers under the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) It was however discovered that the project is invisible a few months before the expiration of the tenure of elective officials across the line.

Other projects embarked on by Senator Al-Makura include the supply of fertilizer herbicide to farmers in Nasarawa South Senatorial zone, Al-Makura also benefitted from an N250,000,000 Million meant for the training and employment of youths engaged in Agricultural and Farming activities across Nasarawa State under the National Directorate of Employment and the Federal Ministry of Labor and Employment, a contract with number ERGP 5540043619.

While one of his projects under the National Rural Electrification Agency which was to shoulder the supply and installation of transformers in Awe/Doma/Keana Federal constituency.

One of the missing projects from Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s project is the N50,000,000m provision of the solar street light to communities in his zone, Some of the projects he lobby includes the construction of a bridge between Kwandare and Lafia at the tune of N100,000,000m.

There was mixed reaction over the whereabouts of N20, 000, 000 Million meant for the provision of an “all in one” street light at Judges Street Lafia, a location yet known by Budgit, Al-Makura has embarked on the construction of N100,000,000m federal Ministry of water resource along orphanage home behind GTB road in Lafia, the State capital. He has embarked on the construction of a Primary Health Care in the Daddere community of Obi Local Government, amongst other projects.

Also, the construction of a road from Agyaragu town to Sabon Kwarra has since commenced, But further findings revealed that the road project was supposed to terminate at Kwarra town in Keana Local Government.

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