Community Champions

The project titled Payment for Grading and Surface Dressing of Selected Feeder Farm Roads (Phase 1) Linking Various Communities (Awuja Farm Settlement), Akoli Imenyi, Abia State is another disturbing example of how public spending can fail to translate into public value. Despite the payment of N432.46m to Nolarix Nigeria Ltd on 13 December 2025, under the @nrcri_umudike as implementing agency, our field findings indicate that the project has not been executed. The road remains in deplorable condition and continues to pose serious risks to residents and farmers who depend on it daily. During our visit, the route was so unsafe that movement by motorcycle was hazardous, with near-falls recorded multiple times. This is not meant to be the condition of a road that has benefited from over N432 million in public funds. Beyond the physical state of the road lies the human cost of neglect. Residents explained that on market days, many farmers are forced to carry their produce on foot for about 30 minutes to the next community before accessing trucks to transport goods for sale. Trucks often avoid the area entirely, especially during the rainy season, because the steep and slippery terrain becomes nearly impassable under the weight of farm produce. This means farmers are losing time, income, and opportunities because a critical rural access road remains abandoned despite substantial payment. A feeder road is not a luxury project. It is economic infrastructure that connects producers to markets, reduces post harvest losses, and supports rural livelihoods. This case also raises deeper concerns about project oversight and agency mandate. Why is such a large sum paid without visible results? What milestones justified payment? What monitoring mechanisms failed to detect non-performance? With the recent news about the N68.32trn Federal Government budget, this case is a warning that Nigerians must watch the budget more closely than ever. Budgets are promises on paper, but without citizen vigilance, many promises end as incomplete projects, misplaced priorities, or invisible infrastructure. We call on the @nrcri_umudike to immediately disclose the full contract details, scope of work, payment milestones, and implementation status of this project. We also urge the @officialEFCC and @icpcnigeria to investigate this project and ensure accountability for every naira disbursed. #Publicfundsmustworkforthegoodofthepeople Rural farmers in Abia deserve roads that move produce to market, not roads that trap communities in poverty. #Askquestions

A CLINIC IN NAME, A DEATH TRAP IN REALITY!! This is Nyaguru PHC where childbirth is conducted with candles 🕯️ The PHC facility serving Nyaguru Ija Gbagyi community in Tafa LGA of Niger State is in a state of severe neglect, unable to provide even the most basic healthcare services. Despite being the only health facility for over 1,500 residents, the clinic lacks the infrastructure, equipment, and staffing required to provide medical care, with just one nurse struggling to manage all medical needs for nearly a decade. The building itself is unsafe. Ceilings have collapsed, rainwater leaks into treatment rooms, and sanitation is poor. Childbirth is often conducted in darkness using candles or lanterns, putting mothers and newborns at extreme risk. Access to the facility is equally dangerous. The road is barely motorable, forcing pregnant women and emergency patients to travel long distances by motorcycle, increasing the likelihood of complications, delays, and preventable deaths. In its current state, the Nyaguru PHC cannot protect lives, it endangers them. We implore the office of the Gov @HonBago, the @NigerStateNG, @Fmohnigeria, @NphcdaNG, to facilitate the complete rehabilitation, and staffing, of this facility to restore safe healthcare for the community. #FixOurPHCs

Dear Nigerians, Recall the Nigeria’s 2025 Budget is officially titled “Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity”, allocating a record 12.54% (N6.57trn) to security. We also have governors’ monthly security votes, and from January to September alone, N5.9trn and N3.8trn have been disbursed to the states and LGAs, respectively, via FAAC. This is well over N16trn meant to restore peace. Yet, as we progress through 2025, the nation continues to witness a devastating toll: over 9,000 lives lost and countless abductions due to insurgency and banditry. Communities have been overrun, and massive displacement of citizens. In light of these facts, we must ask: where is the restoration we were promised? Why does a lasting peace seem increasingly distant? Significant resources have been allocated, but we have yet to see the corresponding results in security and stability. Opaque security votes, untracked FAAC trillions, and zero public reports on how the N6.57trn is spent are major issues here. @NigeriaGov, while we demand that you reacts fast to these incidents, we also demand that the whole system enabling the attacks must also be checked. Securing Peace” cannot remain a slogan while citizens live in fear. Fund community-based early-warning systems with clear tracking. Subject governors’ security votes to legislative oversight and audit. For the citizens, this is our budget, demand receipts from your reps, governors, and LGA chairmen. #Askquestion on how the security vote and FAAC in your state was spent?” No more excuses. Peace is not a prayer, it is a deliverable. Check your State and LGA FAAC allocations here 🫳 me.budgit.org and yourtracka.org and #Askquestions