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Posted: 2025-05-05 13:30:33 UTC
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Delta State received a substantial FAAC allocation of ₦933.97 billion between May 2023 and December 2024, nearly matching the combined allocation of ₦1.28 trillion for all five southeastern states. Despite this, Delta State faces significant infrastructural and social challenges, including airport closures, incomplete road projects, flooding, inadequate schools and hospitals, and unpaid pensions. The lack of accountability from the governor regarding the state's finances raises concerns about mismanagement and corruption.
Disparity between FAAC allocation and state of infrastructure
Incomplete and poorly maintained infrastructure projects
Neglect of public services like schools and hospitals
Unpaid pensions and protests by pensioners
Lack of accountability and transparency in governance
Warri Airport (Osubi) shut for 2 years
Asaba Airport is an international airport only on paper
Ughelli–Asaba dual carriageway incomplete after multiple inflated contracts
Effurun–Eku–Road filled with craters
Flooding in Patani, Warri South, and Ughelli North
Unusable public schools in riverine and rural areas
Hospitals lacking basic supplies
Pensioners owed billions