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The African leadership strategy, Transparency Development Initiative (Alstdi) has urged the Budgit civic organization to conduct in -depth investigations and factual checks before publishing reports on public projects, warning that an inaccurate relationship could inadvertently dispel the public and obscure the reputation of credible institutions.
In a declaration signed by its executive director, Nelson Ossaieze, Saturday, the organization reiterated its commitment to promote transparency, good governance and institutional responsibility through independent monitoring and constructive commitment.
The call followed the independent evaluation for the search for events in Alstdi, conducted within its business responsibility activities, which have faced requests in the tracka report of 2023/2024 in Budgit, claiming that some projects connected to the Federal Cooperativa College (FCC), Oji River, have been abandoned.
Alstdi explained that his investigation, which entailed the continuous monitoring of contracts since 2021 and a recent exercise of physical verification, confirmed that the projects in question have not been abandoned or poorly managed, contrary to the accusations.
The declaration stated: “The misrepresented projects include: Ergp30212691 – Fencing of Government Boys Secondary School, Ibusa, Delta State.
“Our discoveries reveal that the project was carried out at St. Thomas Boys College, Ibusa, and not at the Secondary School of Government children, as indicated in the Tracka Report. The construction company involved is Tonigation Multinational Services Ltd., a company registered with documents verified at the Commission for Business Affairs (CAC). The fencing of over three hectares of land has been completed and is currently in use.
“Ergp20231932 – Supply of a hospital in zone 9, okafia, LGA bandage, State of Abia: our discoveries revealed that it was a project electoral college sponsored by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, with the hospital, sitting in Igbere, was not completed in the furniture project in 2023
Alstdi observed that the tracka report could have relying on hypotheses without an exhaustive verification and that no request for freedom of information (foi) was sent to the FCC Oji river for clarifications before publication.
The group stressed that while the contributions of civic organizations to transparency and responsibility are commendable, these efforts must be built on the rigorous control of the facts and the direct commitment with the institutions to maintain public trust.
“Our results, supported by pictorial and documentary tests, were presented to the Commission for economic and financial crimes (EFCC) for the formal review,” added the declaration.
Alstdi also recommended that the civic actors must give priority to detailed assessments on the field and to open institutional communications to guarantee the accuracy of public relations, thus strengthening the mechanisms of democratic responsibility of Nigeria.
