SaharaReporters found no apparent mandate authorising it to undertake nationwide road construction, erosion control, flood-control or community development projects.
SaharaReporters’ review of Nigeria’s 2026 Appropriation Act has uncovered N46.616 billion allocated for road construction, rehabilitation, erosion, drainage, bridge and flood-control projects across several states under the budget of the Federal Co-operative College, Oji River, Enugu State, despite the projects having no apparent connection to the institution’s core academic mandate.
The projects, spread across states including Enugu, Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Katsina, Sokoto, Kano and others, are listed under the College’s capital expenditure in the 2,790-page 2026 Appropriation Act obtained by SaharaReporters from the Budget Office of the Federation.
Pages 731 to 761 show that the College received a total allocation of N226.774 billion, including N225.632 billion for capital expenditure. Of that capital allocation, N46.616425 billion was earmarked for dozens of road, erosion, drainage, bridge, walkway and flood-control projects nationwide.
The allocations are particularly striking because the Federal Co-operative College is an academic institution whose mandate centres on cooperative education and management.
