The 2026 Appropriation Act has allocated about N46.6 billion for road construction, rehabilitation, erosion control, drainage, bridge and flood-control projects across several states under the capital budget of the Federal Co-operative College, Oji River, Enugu State.
The allocations, identified in a review of the budget by SaharaReporters, cover dozens of projects that appear unrelated to the institution’s primary mandate of cooperative education and management.
The projects are spread across Enugu, Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Katsina, Sokoto, Kano and several other states.
The relevant entries are contained on pages 731 to 761 of the 2,790-page 2026 Appropriation Act, reportedly obtained from the Budget Office of the Federation.
According to the document, the Federal Co-operative College received a total allocation of N226.774 billion, including N225.632 billion for capital expenditure.
Of the capital allocation, N46.616425 billion was earmarked for various infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges, erosion-control works, drainage systems, walkways and flood-control projects nationwide.
The development raises questions about the rationale for placing such projects under the budget of an academic institution whose core responsibilities are centred on cooperative education and management.
Among the largest allocations is N2.1 billion for roads in selected communities in Anambra State, while N1.9 billion was allocated for the Baddore-Lukosi Road.
The budget also provides N1.75 billion for rural farming roads in the South-South, while N1.4 billion each was allocated for roads in Irepodun/Ifelodun, Ekiti State; South-Western farming communities; selected farm roads in Ogun State; and the Shimawa-Kaniyi Road.
Other major provisions include N1.05 billion for rural farm roads in Akko Federal Constituency, Gombe State, and another N1.05 billion for the Imezi-Owa/Aguobu-Owa/Awha/Obinofia/Ugwuoba road network in Enugu State.
Several projects in Delta, Katsina, Ondo and Ekiti states received allocations ranging from N700 million to N750 million.
There are also multiple N700 million provisions for rural access and farm roads in Ogun and other parts of the South-West, as well as projects in Ekiti and other states.
Further allocations include N570 million for the Umueze Farm Road Extension/Oboshi Bridge in Delta State; N530 million for a rural road at Ohonre, Ugbowo, Edo State; N490 million for Egun Street; N455 million for rural farm roads in Batsari, Katsina State; and N434 million for Mordi Street in Delta State.
The budget contains numerous other projects with allocations ranging from N175 million to N350 million across Abia, Enugu, Delta, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ondo, Anambra, Cross River, Edo and other states.
The projects include roads, bridges, concrete roads, erosion-control works, drainage systems, walkways and flood-control schemes.
In Abia North, several road projects have individual allocations ranging from N175 million to N315 million. The beneficiary communities listed include Eziama-Agbo, Obinulo, Umuaku, Mbala, Ngodo, Amuda, Lokpaukwu, Lomara, Abia Road, Akanu Ukwu, Isiugwu, Ndiorieke-Eziafor, Ebem, Elu Ohafia, Okagbue-Ohafia and Ndi Inya to Idima.
In Bayelsa State, the projects include concrete walkways and roads in Ekowei, Igbogene and Kulama communities, a concrete landing jetty in Kokologbene and a concrete walkway with drainage in Kaima.
The Enugu section of the budget lists N175 million for the Afor Nachi Road linking the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, N105 million for Ebe Road, N35 million for Amaka Oduma Road, N56 million for an Awh.A farm access road and N105 million for selected community roads.
There are also separate N350 million allocations for road and erosion-control projects in the Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency.
Other projects listed in the budget include roads and bridges in Kano, Sokoto and Katsina, alongside infrastructure projects in Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Delta, Lagos, Kogi, Ogun and Ekiti states.
In total, the N46.616425 billion earmarked for the infrastructure projects represents roughly 20.7 per cent of the N225.632 billion capital allocation for the Federal Co-operative College.
The entries have raised questions over the basis for assigning a significant portion of the college’s capital budget to projects across the country that do not appear, on their face, to be directly related to its educational functions.
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