The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas “to urgently refer allegations that ₦6.3 billion in constituency project funds may have been diverted, misapplied, or remain unaccounted for to the appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and possible prosecution.”
SERAP urged Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas “to ensure that anyone found responsible is prosecuted, where there is sufficient admissible evidence, and that any constituency project funds or other public funds found to have been diverted, or unaccounted for are fully recovered and remitted to the treasury.”
SERAP also called on them “to ensure the full disclosure of the names of the contractors and companies—including their shareholders and beneficial owners—that received constituency project funds but failed to execute the projects.”
The serious allegations are documented in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2022 annual report, published on 9 September 2025.
In a letter dated 27 June 2026 and signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP said: “The allegations that over ₦6.3 billion in constituency project funds may have been diverted suggest a grave violation of the public trust, the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended), and international standards.”
