Constituency Projects: ₦608.99bn Released, Just 225 Completed As Tracka Flags ₦13.86bn Gap

…Lagos, Ondo Record 3%, 6.1% Completion Rates As Delivery Lags

…Tracka Calls For Probe Into Payments Without Visible Work

Daud Olatunji 

A fresh report by civic accountability organisation Tracka has raised concerns over the release of ₦13.86bn for public projects across Nigeria without corresponding visible evidence of implementation at monitored sites.

The report, contained in Tracka’s second-quarter 2026 scorecard, warned that the findings pointed to a significant gap between government expenditure and the delivery of public infrastructure, raising questions about project supervision, expenditure tracking and accountability.

Tracka monitored 944 public projects across 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory between April and June 2026.

The projects had a combined allocation of ₦1.497tn, while ₦608.99bn had been disbursed, according to the report.

However, physical inspections revealed that only 225 projects, representing 23.8 per cent of those monitored, had been completed.

Another 254 projects, or 26.9 per cent, were ongoing, while 109 projects, representing 11.5 per cent, had not commenced. Thirty-three projects, accounting for 3.5 per cent, had been abandoned.

The organisation identified ₦13.86bn in disbursements without matching visible implementation, describing the situation as a warning sign of what it called a “payment-without-delivery” problem.

“When disbursement outpaces visible work this dramatically, it is a signal of payment-without-delivery,” Tracka stated.

The report, however, did not establish that the money had been stolen or misappropriated, stressing the need for further investigation into the discrepancies between payments and the state of projects on the ground.

Borno State accounted for the largest share of the identified disbursement gap, with ₦4.98bn released without visible implementation. Ondo State followed with ₦2.03bn, while Niger State recorded ₦1bn.

Tracka identified Borno and Ondo among the states where weak project performance coincided with substantial gaps between disbursements and visible implementation.

It warned that the figures should not be dismissed as isolated project delays, calling instead for direct investigations into the affected projects and the processes through which public funds were released.

The scorecard also highlighted significant differences in project completion rates across the states monitored.

Kwara State recorded a completion rate of 46.7 per cent, while Lagos State had only three per cent of its tracked projects completed.

Ondo recorded a completion rate of 6.1 per cent, while Adamawa and Benue states recorded 6.7 per cent each. Abia State had a completion rate of 9.7 per cent.

Tracka described the pattern as a “completion crisis” among the affected states.

The report further showed that 66.7 per cent of the projects monitored in Lagos remained ongoing, suggesting that a substantial proportion of the tracked projects had yet to reach completion during the reporting period.