Constituency Projects Have Become Personal Business for Some Lawmakers – Mahdi Shehu

Public affairs commentator Mahdi Shehu has warned that
lawmakers allegedly involved in the abuse of constituency projects will
eventually face the consequences of their actions.

 

Shehu made the remarks in a post shared on his X account on
Saturday night while reacting to reports that no fewer than 16 federal
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) received more than N205.96 billion
for projects outside their statutory mandates in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

Reacting to the development, Shehu accused some members of
the National Assembly of using constituency projects for personal gain.

He alleged that some lawmakers stash money in MDAs in the
name of constituency projects, intimidate agency heads, and award contracts to
companies linked to themselves, their family members or associates at inflated
costs.

According to him, some of the projects are either poorly
executed or abandoned.

Shehu warned that those allegedly involved would not escape
the consequences of their actions.

“Painful lives and living await them for choosing to betray
a trust they are reposed with or they snatched,” he wrote.

“They will last long to harvest in full measure, evil for
evil, greed for greed, treachery for treachery.”

The commentator further claimed that the suffering allegedly
caused by the misuse of public funds would eventually return to those
responsible.

“In the manner their actions are subjecting and forcing
millions into poverty, penury, pains and disease, in that same manner they
shall experience poverty, pains, diseases, penury and degradation,” he said.

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