Civic watchdog, the Monitoring Initiative for Transparency in Governance (MonITNG), has raised questions over a multi-million naira constituency project commissioned by Senator Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State, as completed classrooms were delivered without basic furniture for students.
The report, released on Monday, October 20, 2025, and titled “Misplaced Priorities in Edo State”, criticised what it described as a “deceptive” project execution at Ojah Comprehensive High School in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area.
According to MonITNG, “How does a project worth N222million end with pupils sitting on bare floors?
“Senator Adams Oshiomhole commissioned blocks of classrooms at Ojah Comprehensive High School, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, yet no single desk or chair was provided.”
The organisation stated that the project, with code ZIP20240448, was awarded under the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Federal Ministry of Education, to a contractor identified as Sam Sedi Nig. LTD.
“The project, code ZIP20240448, was awarded under Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Federal Ministry of Education, to Sam Sedi Nig. LTD.
“On visiting the site, our team confirmed the buildings exist, but the work is of poor quality, no landscaping, no drainage, and very poor finishing,” the report continued.
“Most shocking is the lack of basic furniture, which means students will still learn in the same conditions the project was meant to solve.”
The group questioned the rationale behind commissioning what it described as “empty shells of classrooms,” saying, “Why should N222 million be spent only to deliver empty shells of classrooms?
“What is the essence of commissioning a project that leaves children on bare floors? This is not development; it is deception.”
MonITNG also alleged that the contractor, Sam Sedi Nig. LTD, has a history of questionable project delivery, citing the abandoned Warake–Ivbiaro Road project in Owan East Local Government Area, valued at N200 million, and a controversial agricultural empowerment programme in Etsako communities, both linked to Senator Oshiomhole.
The report stated, “Why should N222 million be spent only to deliver empty shells of classrooms? What is the essence of commissioning a project that leaves children on bare floors? This is not development; it is deception.
“The contractor, Sam Sedi Nig. LTD, has a history of questionable project delivery.
“The same company handled the abandoned Warake–Ivbiaro Road project in Owan East Local Government Area, valued at N200 million, and implemented a controversial agricultural empowerment programme in Etsako communities, both linked to Senator Oshiomhole.”
According to MonITNG, “A pattern is clear: inflated contracts, poor execution, and little accountability.”
“We cannot normalise this. Public funds are meant to transform lives, not to deliver empty buildings for photo opportunities.”
The organisation called for an immediate probe into the project and its procurement process, urging Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies to act.
“We call on the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate this project, the procurement process, and the contractor’s track record,” MonITNG said.
“If N222million was truly released, then pupils of Ojah Comprehensive High School deserve to learn in dignity, with proper classrooms, desks, and chairs,” it added.
“Nigerians deserve transparency, accountability, and projects that reflect the huge sums allocated. Empty classrooms without furniture are a symbol of misplaced priority.”
SaharaReporters on Saturday, October 18, reported that MonITNG criticised what it described as the politicisation of constituency projects in the Edo North Senatorial District.
The organisation accused Senator Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister for Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, of turning public resources into political patronage.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the group said, the so-called dividends of democracy in Edo North had been reduced to handouts and patronage.
MonITNG alleged that Senator Oshiomhole, with the support of Minister Momoh, recently launched a “Grassroots Empowerment Programme” where cash gifts of N100,000 and empowerment items were distributed to party loyalists across the six local government areas of Edo North.
MonITNG questioned the exclusion of ordinary citizens from the benefits of such programmes, questioning, “What happens to the thousands of ordinary citizens who are not party members but desperately need public infrastructure and social services?”
The group stressed that constituency funds should not be treated as personal or partisan assets.
