Abuja lawmaker Mr. Philip Aduda, a Senator, has converted the N225 million constituency project located at the Karu area of Abuja to personal property.
Abuja lawmaker Mr. Philip Aduda, a Senator , ( The Elephant Senator) has converted the N225 million constituency project located at the Karu area of Abuja to personal property. The Abuja Senator under the deal worked with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to nominate the project as a constituency project, while the project was awarded to Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority (UNRBDA) parastatal under the ministry. Under the deal, the Senator and the Ministry of Water Resources together with the NRBDA have taken N225 million for a project that cannot cost above N100 million. Worse still, the Senator working with his collaborators at the Water Resources Ministry took three years in claiming the money. A breakdown of allocations for the money shows, Aduda in 2016 working with the Water Resources Ministry nominated the project for the sum of N100 million. In the year 2017, the lawmaker with his collaborators nominated the same project with the sum of N75 million. The Abuja