Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the Federal Government’s decision to allocate ₦1.08 trillion to the Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
He described the move as “a blueprint to defraud Nigerians.”
Atiku’s remarks followed findings by civic tech group Tracka, which revealed that the college was assigned to execute 2,791 capital projects across all 36 states and the FCT.
Tracka, an initiative of BudgIT, has long flagged questionable budget allocations and transparency gaps in public spending.
In a statement issued by his aide, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku argued that the arrangement undermines the government’s claims of fiscal discipline, especially at a time of subsidy removal, tax hikes, and rising debt.
“Nothing exposes the hollowness of that claim more than a budget that turns a federal cooperative college into one of Nigeria’s largest project-implementing agencies,” Atiku said.
He questioned the legality of assigning projects
