More than 56,000 government projects remain uncompleted across Nigeria, according to Ben Akabueze, former Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation. He disclosed this on Monday during a policy dialogue hosted by the National Assembly's Joint Committees on National Planning and Economic Development in Abuja. Mr Akabueze attributed the backlog to structural gaps in the country's public finance system, particularly in project implementation and monitoring. The figure underscores longstanding challenges in translating budgetary allocations into completed infrastructure and social interventions. No breakdown by state, sector, or completion timeline was provided in his statement.
Ben Akabueze points to 56,000 uncompleted projects yet never explains how many of these were abandoned versus delayed. If thousands of projects are stuck, the officials overseeing them are still collecting salaries and approvals. Nigerians in project host communities continue to wait for promised water, roads, and clinics that remain unbuilt. The system rewards inaction while treating completion as an exception.
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