SHOCKING: Nigeria's MDG office pays N154 million for one borehole

SHOCKING: Nigeria’s MDG office pays N154 million for one borehole

August 24, 2015Liberty Oseni

Nigeria’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) office spent N154.2 million to construct a single borehole in Abuja, in what appears a shocking example of contract inflation that has helped undermine the country’s ability to achieve its MDG goals.

Drilling a single borehole in Abuja averages N1.5 million. A hydrology firm told PREMIUM TIMES that amount should cover drilling and casing, installation of a solar-powered submersible pump, steel tower for the tanks, tanks, pipes, joints & suckers, installation and labour.

The firm allowed an expanded estimate of N10 million if a water treatment facility is included alongside other optional accessories.

The Abuja borehole, constructed at Gwarinpa, an expansive estate in the federal capital, had no such fittings. Indeed, the borehole had long become dysfunctional and was no longer dispensing water to the residents when PREMIUM TIMES visited in June 2015.

Still, the Abuja MDG office told this newspaper it was more concerned with service delivery to the people, than the amount it takes to do so.

The eight target goals of the MDGs, set at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, are eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education; promotion of gender equality; reduction of child mortality; improvement of maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development.

In 2010/2011 alone, N249.26billion was channelled through Nigeria’s federal ministries, departments and agencies, “Quick Wins” (Constituency projects, but now called Special projects), Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS) to state governments, and Special presidential interventions for MDGs programmes and projects.

Analysts say poor execution of projects, racketeering, inflation of contracts, and other contractual breaches are some of the factors responsible for Nigeria’s inability to achieve its MDG goals.

The Gwanrinpa borehole, constructed at N154, 242,200, according to the contract and budget papers obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, is located at Galadima ‘I’ community of the estate.

The contract was awarded to Zarm Global Service on March 28, 2008. The company has no address, contact person or telephone number.

Another N110.6 million was paid for the construction of a borehole at Tungan Nasara community of Jiwa Ward in Abuja Municipal Area Council. The contract was awarded to Global And Global Venture Limited on March 29, 2008. Also, the company has no address or contact person.

When our reporter visited one of the project sites supposedly executed by the MDG office at a primary school in Dutse Alhaji community and another in Kubwa area of Abuja, there were no signs of any projects in the areas.

Residents of the area told PREMIUM TIMES that the borehole had stopped working immediately after its completion. According to budget details, N8, 802,185 was paid for the construction of the borehole.

Obinna Okafor, a representative of the company in charge of the project, Hunnigdale International Limited, provided no details beyond saying the project was moved from its initial site to Gbazango West Layout of Kubwa.

At Nanda Community of Agyana Pandagi Ward in Abaji Area Council, Abuja, a borehole constructed at N8.1 million was also not functional.

Ochiez Signature, which won the contract, has no office address. Its manager, Onu Clement, told our reporter the firm operates from his house at New Nyanya in Nasarawa State.

Investigation revealed that a greater percentage of the 1,333 projects executed by the Abuja office of the MDGs between 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 in Abuja communities, were either below the set standard or had been abandoned by contractors.

When PREMIUM TIMES sought the response of the MDGs office regarding the construction of a single borehole at the cost of N154, 242,200, and the poor state of the projects, the director of projects at the office, Mr. Dalhatu, said he could not discuss issues of contract or speak for the companies.

Although an official who spoke on the condition of anonymity faulted the payment of N154 million for drilling of a single borehole, he said they were more interested in seeing the projects working, and that they will check available records, and consult with the MDGs focal person to find out what the problem was.

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- NOI stinks
  
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- TrueNja
  
  The Jonny Walker whiskey that you drink is always walking on your head.
Kweku

Thievish Raji Fashola said he spent N139m on just two boreholes!

You said drilling a borehole in arid Abuja city should cost 1.5 million Naira, right?
I agree with you. Now how much less should it cost in water drained Lagos state?
Surely far less, right? But see what the born-thief called RAJI FASHOLA spent.

“• The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m
on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The project was completed
by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government.”

…..THE PUNCH

[August 24th, 2015]
- Frieday
  
  RAJI FASHOLA IS AN INSANE KLEPTOMANIAC IN NEED OF JAILING.
  - sholoko2015
    
    Akinwunmi Ambode, the new governor of Lagos state,
    has yesterday revoked the allocation of over 25 plots of land by his
    predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, in his final days in office. Most of the plots,
    it is alleged, were allocated to Fashola’s relatives, aides and associates —
    including Yewande Animashaun, his cousin who also served as his special adviser
    on public health, and Wale Ahmed, who served as his commissioner for special duties.
    A female newscaster with a Lagos-based TV station was one of the beneficiaries,
    TheCable learnt. The land was officially parcelled into 25 plots and shared by
    Fashola who went on to sign the certificates of occupancy on May 26, three days
    to his exit from office.
- aladeadekunleoluwaadeshinaola
  
  Please, you do not know what you are talking about, it is easier to get clean water in Abuja than it is to get in Swampy area of Marina, Ikoyi etc. Though Industrial borehole and and its treatment plant should cost upto N40M in Ikoyi and Marina. but in the interlard it could be cheaper
  - Son of Man
    
    @aladeadekunleoluwaadeshinaola:disqus
    
    N40 million my foot! What nonsense! Are you a thief too? Go to Ikeja and do your costing.
    A borehole Raji Fashola said he did in IKEJA should never ever cost 70million Naira each.
    Anyone saying Raji Fashola should be caged and imprisoned for stealing, is on point.
    - aladeadekunleoluwaadeshinaola
      
      I agree, if it is in Ikeja, Yes.
      - Ms. Vivian
        
        You are a scholar and a gentleman!!!
      - Willie
        
        MY PEOPLE:
        
        The day Buhari’s government morally collapsed
        
        I think President Muhammadu Buhari must be regretting his terrible misjudgement
        for taking Raji Fashola along to Germany and advertising him to the global community
        as his (Buhari’s) best understanding of a model. That was the day Buhari’s government
        morally collapsed.
        
        Till today, Muhammadu Buhari has not recovered from that policy blunder.
        He will never recover from it. Buhari destroyed himself by praising the highest level
        of corruption in Nigeria, which Raji Fashola represents. Buhari must be allowed to stew
        in his juices if he is poor at good judgment and in simple arithmetic of revenue figures.
B.Messi

This is ridiculous! These guys should be in jail if found guilty.
Problem is, there doesn’t seem to be ANY order in this so called ‘fight against kwaropshun’.
WHY IS THE ‘CORRUPTION FIGHT’ MAINLY ON THE PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS??
THE HOTEST GIST TRENDING NOW IS THAT FASHOLA A.K.A Fash-de-Cash SPENT A WHOPPING #139M ON TWO(2) BOREHOLES IN LAG!!
WHY IS PREMIUM TIMES SILENT ON THIS ‘SHOCKER’??
INSTEAD, IT WOULD APPEAR PT WOULD RATHER PLANT THIS STORY TO DIVERT OUR ATTENTION!
NO WAY! NO GOING BACK ON THIS ‘ANTI KWAROPSHUN’ FIGHT NO MATTER WHOSE OX IS GORED!
WE HAVE PUT OUR HANDS ON THE PLOUGH..NO LOOKING BACK!
OYO MEESI

Premium Times is unarguably the face of change in Nigeria, probably saved the print media industry from extinction and re-invented investigative journalism in Nigeria. Thank you guys for all the hard and good work that has now become the well of information for Nigerian.
B.Messi

How far with the ‘public declaration’.

The PUBLIC is waiting..and the ‘missing Cert’ too.

We need Closure…
- Dan Arewa
  
  Is there any cert missing? Which cert is that and who declare it missing?
Ikuku

Another failed diversion from the news about Lagos APC Governor Fashola’s mother of all frauds in the news this morning. And semi-illiterate APC propagandists at Propaganda Times think it is illegal for a business to operate from someone’s home. Study the history of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs – if you can read.
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Great job, premium times. You are redefining investigative journalism. Keep it up, guys!
bob

it is nothing new, during the OBJ era in my state, Akwa Ibom state (Victor Attah was governor at the time)… the road I lived at in Abak local government area call “Nursery school road” was awarded to some Nigerian contractor, he came in and poured red sand and spray on the red sand some tar, after two weeks, they were gone and road became much worse that it was previously, that road was contracted a to new contractor during Akpabio’s last four years and has been since completed a very nice, durable road. four me living in rural Akwa Ibom town that was the first glimpse into the failures and corruption in the Nigerian system of Governance. since then have been research the American system because ours is derived from there to see, if there are similar cases and I think there is something, inherently wrong with our system of governance that things like these will always happen, irrespective of who is in power. for the Americans the FBI does its best to investigate and limit these types of crimes, and they investigate everyone and resist every influence from government or otherwise. But in NIgeria, these organizations are very easily controlled by the government, therefore their ability to be independent is undermined.
- bob
  
  Pls, if you have a similar corruption story, share it as a comment… also forgive some of the spelling and grammar errors in the text above, I was in a hurry but is still understandable…
Wetin Naija

Nigeria, a country of thieves in Agbada and suites sitting in the offices !!!!
- Willie
  
  @Wetin Naija:disqus
  
  The moment Buhari’s government morally collapsed
  
  I think President Muhammadu Buhari must be regretting his terrible misjudgement
  for taking Raji Fashola along to Germany and advertising him to the global community
  as his (Buhari’s) best understanding of a model. That was the day Buhari’s government
  morally collapsed.
  
  Till today, Muhammadu Buhari has not recovered from that policy blunder.
  He will never recover from it. Buhari destroyed himself by praising the highest level
  of corruption in Nigeria, which Raji Fashola represents. Buhari must be allowed to stew
  in his juices if he is poor at good judgment and in simple arithmetic of revenue figures.
- Asuquo Etinan-Eduak
  
  So sad that President Buhari
  disgraced himself. Raji Fashola who should be flogged in prison is the
  one Buhari took to banquet in Germany. Raji Fashola who stole the future of
  Lagos youths and destroyed the state with thefts; a criminal who said he spent
  650 million Naira on the government house car park in Marina, a car park that
  had no pothole or fault, in a city where 27% of Lagos youths have no job, a
  Raji Fashola who is an inarticulate and unreasoning local street urchin without
  brain, is the one Buhari took along to desecrate Nigeria’s remaining slender
  honour – a thief without compare!.
  - Sholoko
    
    Akinwunmi Ambode, the new governor of Lagos state,
    has yesterday revoked the allocation of over 25 plots of land by his
    predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, in his final days in office. Most of the plots,
    it is alleged, were allocated to Fashola’s relatives, aides and associates —
    including Yewande Animashaun, his cousin who also served as his special adviser
    on public health, and Wale Ahmed, who served as his commissioner for special duties.
    A female newscaster with a Lagos-based TV station was one of the beneficiaries,
    TheCable learnt. The land was officially parcelled into 25 plots and shared by
    Fashola who went on to sign the certificates of occupancy on May 26, three days
    to his exit from office.
  - Straight Arrow
    
    RAJI FASHOLA BECAME GOVERNOR ONLY BECAUSE THIEVES
    ARE THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN LAGOS STATE – SIMPLE!!
    - Akinlade G.
      
      @wetinnaija:disqus
      
      I live in Lagos. I am not aware that anyone in Lagos state is in doubt that Raji Fashola is a thief
      and a criminal. What Lagosians are talking about is the number of years he will be sent to prison.
      My neighbour here even said that Raji Fashola should just pack his pants and go to Onikan Zone 2
      police station to apply there for voluntary imprisonment in his own interest because he will be slapped all over the place by angry youths who are setting a trap to catch him anywhere in Lagos state.
      - Ajayi Ifayemi
        
        Since you live in Lagos, can you also confirm what your friend, straight arrow, said that majority of voters in Lagos are thieves?
      - Akinlade G.
        
        @ajayiifayemi:disqus
        
        Look, my friend, I did not count the voters on queue in Lagos. So i don’t really know if thieves
        in Lagos were the majority of the voters at the last election. What i know is that useless human
        beings like WOLE SOYINKA who should be advising young people properly was the one pushing
        the youths to follow a very bad example. Is Wole Soyinka saying he cannot reason properly to
        know that Raji Fashola was stealing all along? Wole Soyinka knew but supported Lagos looting.
      - umolu
        
        That is awesome. If you could set a trap for a small fly,how about setting one for the gorilla from Ota farm who can’t explain how Halliburton came to town and bribed everyone who was somebody in his administration. How about the 16 billion dollar he claimed was spent on electrity.How are you enjoying the electricity? How also is the ‘godfather ‘,asuwaju?
- MUSIK
  
  Excuse me please, I am not trying to advertise or anything like that. I just want to share the lyrics
  of my new album that will soon be released into the market next month or latest by October 2015.
  
  Please sing after me as follows:
  
  • Raji Ajibole…ole….Fasholajibole….ole,….ajibole….ole…(twice).
  
  Thank you.
Malik Isah

where is my friend burning spear o, to come see something wey ego like!
Guguru

Under Jonathan, they looted like there was no tomorrow.
- umolu
  
  Please let us call a spade a spade. Looting of no small proportion has been on from IBB time all the way to Jonathan. IBB LEGALIZED CORRUPTION AND RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY; OBJ ORCHESTRATED IT IN A JANUS WAY;ABDUL SALAM USING THE ABACHA EXAMPLE HELPED HIMSELF TO HIGH HEAVEN AND JONATHAN CAPED IT ,GIVING STATE PARDON TO HIS FORMER BOSS WHO WAS A CONVIT.ONLY IN NIGERIA.
burning spear

The jobs were all handled by the usual–elites from the 3 major tribes of Nigeria–Not one Ijaw man was favoured in the said contract in spite of the fact that Jonathan the d former president of Nigeria- was an Ijaw man—who did nothing to favour his Ijaw tribesmen———or other ethnic groups in the SS—-In spite of the fact that the MONEY IS FROM THEIR ZONE IN THE SS——That is the point at which we are now talking————Besides———-the award of contract entails a lot of give and take in the ministries involved–go and investigate u will discover that–the accountant probably Ibo- Fulani or Yoruba- must has taken his own share–other directors in that Ministry may have collected theirs—the officer in charge of purchasing–may have smiled their way to the bank—that is why we need passports to visit each other–cause the 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria are curse to the smaller units in the SS——Those who cannot struggle like them in abuja—–for contracts—-who does not know that the lawmakers hardly ever embark on their so-called constituency projects in their LGAs –let Buhari be bold enough to commence his anti-corruption war with his people in the House of Rep and Senate and see where it would land him. His would discover to his shock that his wife Aisha may have soiled her hands–also–let Premium Times beam their search light on emir sanusi–fashola—tinubu –the biggest thief of them all Amaechi
- Du Covenant
  
  Sorry my broda, the contractors from their names are not from the SW or North, you decide!.
- Rommel
  
  Who is your role model in Nigeria?
  - umolu
    
    My role model in Nigeria is ADEKUNLE Benjamin -the black scorpion, who gave all he had and asked for nothing in return. Rest in peace,the GOC;3rd Marine Commando.
- staaaaaaaaaaa
  
  but all your people refuse to go home. Even clark lives in aBUJA. Alasiemegha collected money of your people and faced UK. sorry Jona thought that should not be a concern and he gave him pardon. Ibori stole you dry and you are all warming up to make him next governor.
Du Covenant

Classical Nigerian way of doing things. Things that work in other parts of the world never function in Nigeria. The same people who do not believe in Nigeria as a country are the same people who get awarded contracts for infrastructural development of the country, does anybody wonder why most of the money is stolen away? or at best the most shoddy of jobs done just deceive the rest of us?. I was told the other day that insecticide impregnated mosquito nets that WHO distributes free to countries battling with the scourge of malaria, the same are being sold in the Nigerian market place. When Collin Powell & Oprah disparaged Nigeria as a country of fraudsters few years back insults from Nigerians flew all over the place, is this not a confirmation of outside obervers about what Nigerians are?. Very, very fraudulent people!..
Rommel

Are Nigerians a cursed people? why is it that nothing government spends money on ever works to its capacity? yet all the people responsible for this miserable state of the nation are national merit award recipients,what exactly are the values of Nigerians?
- umolu
  
  THEY HAVE NO VALUES AT ALL . CHECK HOSPITALS, MILITARY BARRACKS, HIGHWAYS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS ETC ARE NAMED AFTER THOSE THAT HAVE LOOTED THEIR TREASURIES DRY AND OPPRESSED THEM FOR YEARS,LIKE BABANGIDA, ABACHA,OBASANJO ETAL.ONLY IN NIGERIA. !!!!!!!HONOUR,KUDOS TO COMMON CRIMINALS THAT HAVE PARADED THEMSELVES AS LEADERS ;THAT IS THE GIANT OF AFRICA FOR US.
  - Amir
    
    You forgot the Port Harcourt Disaster that recently gave us millennium corruption for 6 years!
    - umolu
      
      Hmm,I have been away from that country for over twenty years. What was it?It’s practically impossible to have your ears glued to all the happenings in that beautiful land that has been raped by a few criminals especially from the Nigeria Army.
- ahmed
  
  That is Jonathan for you!
  - burning spear
    
    what do u mean that is Jonathan for u–Pls name one fulani man who did better than his government–is it these silly noise that Buhari is making over his yeye 100 days in office without ministers–? animal
- burning spear
  
  The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
  
  The project was completed by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government
  
  The report, which was part of the awarded contracts by the Lagos State Tenders Board in 2013, was seen on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.
  
  In the same year, N640m was spent by the Fashola administration for the reconstruction of a car park and other associated works at the Lagos House, Marina. The report stated that the N640m contract was given to Julius Berger Plc as part of phase two of the reconstruction of Lagos House where Fashola lived during his eight years in government.
  
  In the same year, N300m was spent on the relocation of cables belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. The contract was awarded to Deux Projects Limited.
- Julius
  
  I agree with you sir. Look at my Ibo people commenting on this. To them its all about Raji. Thus is painful. Fck Raji and all of them…they should all go to jail if found guilty..period but, to turn this to a tribal insult ? its an insults to even the people making it.Pitiful !
TrueNja

PT guys, you are the best. Keep exposing them, Hope Fr. Kukah and GEJ e-rats are reading this story.
Pan

This is what the NSDP scholars in University of Perpetual Help System, Binan Philippines are fighting. inflation of their welfare packages that is noit benefiting us we rather prefer the money send back to Nigeria. for more info contact me @pandatoghom
Kweku

@disqus_MSz5KF4VNF:disqus

Thievish Raji Fashola too said he spent N139m on just two boreholes!

You said drilling a borehole in arid Abuja city should cost 1.5 million Naira, right?
I agree with you. Now how much less should it cost in water drained Lagos state?
Surely far less, right? But see what the born-thief called RAJI FASHOLA spent.

“• The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m
on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The project was completed
by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government.”

…..THE PUNCH

[August 24th, 2015]
- Concerned Nigerian
  
  PLEASE O, THIS THIEF-THIEF SCANDAL OF RAJI FASHOLA WILL BE VERY MESSY.
  PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA SHOULD QUICKLY CHECK HIS OWN POCKET TOO.
  IF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE IS THERE, HE SHOULD RETURN IT.
  PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA IS THE GOD-FATHER OF THIEF RAJI FASHOLA.
  - Sholoko
    
    Akinwunmi Ambode, the new governor of Lagos state,
    has yesterday revoked the allocation of over 25 plots of land by his
    predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, in his final days in office. Most of the plots,
    it is alleged, were allocated to Fashola’s relatives, aides and associates —
    including Yewande Animashaun, his cousin who also served as his special adviser
    on public health, and Wale Ahmed, who served as his commissioner for special duties.
    A female newscaster with a Lagos-based TV station was one of the beneficiaries,
    TheCable learnt. The land was officially parcelled into 25 plots and shared by
    Fashola who went on to sign the certificates of occupancy on May 26, three days
    to his exit from office.
    - Roland Akrah
      
      If this is true, then it’s bad.
    - aisha ani
      
      No wonder some big boys are worried about their properties in lekki.
- BURNING SPEAR
  
  THAT IS NO GO AREA FOR HOLY PROPHET PREMIUM TIMES
burning spear

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja.

The project was completed by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government

The report, which was part of the awarded contracts by the Lagos State Tenders Board in 2013, was seen on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.

In the same year, N640m was spent by the Fashola administration for the reconstruction of a car park and other associated works at the Lagos House, Marina. The report stated that the N640m contract was given to Julius Berger Plc as part of phase two of the reconstruction of Lagos House where Fashola lived during his eight years in government HOUSE.

In the same year, N300m was spent on the relocation of cables belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. The contract was awarded to Deux Projects Limited. WHO OWNS DEUX————–may be Jonathan and Dame his wife–animals
tsunami1earthquake

Just see and feel the levity with which Nigerian officials react to these obvious rapes on Nigeria! Hear one of them:
“…the Abuja MDG office told this newspaper it was more concerned with
service delivery to the people, than the amount it takes to do so.”
The guy who made this statement was not moved or concerned about the level of corruption involved! And we talk about stamping out corruption in Nigeria? Buhari has a lot of work and I wish him all the luck. Our shout against corruption is only directed against people at the apex of authority but we have no inkling that this evil has trickled down to every level of society, including people at the so-called grassroots.

Nigeria has a serious problem.