N30m FG-funded Benue school project abandoned for one year – Tracka

A civic technology organisation, Tracka, has alleged that a ₦30m Federal Government-funded examination hall project at Government Comprehensive School, Naka, Benue State, has been abandoned for more than one year despite receiving funding in the 2024 budget.

Tracka made the allegation in a post shared on its official social media platforms on Tuesday, backing its claim with photographs showing the current state of the project.

According to the organisation, the project was allocated ₦30m in the 2024 Federal Government budget for the construction of an examination hall at the school, Tracka said, “N30m was allocated to the construction of an examination hall at Government Comprehensive School, Naka, Benue State, in the 2024 Federal Government budget.”

The organisation alleged that work on the project was abandoned shortly after the structure reached lintel level.
It stated, “We tracked and report that this project has been abandoned for over a year. The building was constructed to lintel level before work stopped. Now the project is overgrown with grasses and getting washed out by rain.”

Tracka further called on the Project Development Institute, Enugu, the agency implementing the project, to account for its status and explain the delay in completing it, “We call on Project Development Institute-Enugu, the implementing agency, to provide the public with details of this project,” the organisation added.

Tracka is a public accountability initiative of BudgIT that monitors the implementation of government-funded projects across Nigeria and encourages citizens to demand transparency and accountability in the use of public funds.

This latest allegation comes amid growing concerns over the increasing number of abandoned public projects across the country. In its 2024/2025 project tracking report, Tracka disclosed that it monitored 2,760 federally funded capital projects across 30 states and found that hundreds were either abandoned, poorly executed or yet to commence despite receiving budgetary allocations.

The organisation noted that the trend has continued to deny many communities access to essential infrastructure, including schools, healthcare facilities, roads and water projects. Benue State was also identified among the states with a high number of uncompleted and unexecuted public projects.