Experts from a leading policy research organisation, Agora Policy, have raised serious concerns about the design and implementation of constituency projects in Nigeria, saying there is little to no evidence that such projects are based on actual needs assessments.
In a paper written by Samuel Ajayi, Ayobami Ayorinde and Oluchi Nkeonye, and posted on the organisation’s website, Agora Policy described the current constituency project model as flawed and prone to abuse, corruption, and misallocation of scarce federal resources.
“There is no evidence that the projects are based on need assessments and on proper costing (the allocations are, not surprisingly, usually round figures).
