Constituency Project Tracking Group of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has confiscated 1,078 water pumping machines allegedly supplied for distribution as part of constituency projects in Kebbi Central.
CPTG seized the pumps following the failure to distribute them to the beneficiaries and also went ahead to seal the warehouse where the machines were kept.
An investigation officer in the ICPC team, Sa’idu Yahaya, disclosed this on Thursday after inspecting some constituency projects in Kebbi State.
He said the exercise was also conducted in 12 other states in 2019, while 16 states were projected for the second phase.
According to Yahaya, “The pumps were supplied in December, 2019, for a constituency project for Sen. Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central).
“These items have been in the warehouse for over seven months now, which should have been distributed to irrigation farmers who are the beneficiaries.
“The project was sponsored by federal lawmakers but funded by the Federal Government in the various constituencies of the lawmakers.”