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Hospital equipment, 6 tractors for constituency project recovered from Akpabio, Misau

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Hospital equipment former Senator Godswill Akpabio supposedly received for projects in his constituency has been recovered on the premises of Mma Obot Foundation, said to belong to him.

Also, six tractors also meant for constituency project have been recovered from a farm belonging to Senator Isa Misau, who represented Bauchi Central Senatorial District.

These constituency project items, apparently converted to personal use by the senators, were recovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

The commission announced the recovery on Thursday in a statement its spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, signed and made available to newsmen.

According to ICPC, the items were discovered and recovered during its ongoing tracking of constituency projects around the country.

Farmers in Bauchi Central, which Misau represented, were meant to use the six tractors that were instead found in a farm belonging to the senator.

“The tractors formed part of the N430m contract for the supply of pumping machines and other agricultural machinery to farmers in the senatorial district, which was awarded in 2015 by the Federal Government as part of the senators’ constituency projects across the nation,” ICPC explained.

The commission further said, “The CPTG assessment and review of constituency projects across Nigeria by the commission and its partners – Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Bureau of Public Procurement, Budget Office of the Federation, Premium Times, BudgIT and Udeme.ng – is aimed at ensuring satisfactory execution of all constituency projects across the country.

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“It has so far led to multiple recoveries of items, hospital equipment, vehicles and funds. It has also forced many contractors, who hitherto had abandoned projects, to return to site to complete them.

“Among the recoveries so far made by the CPTG team are dialysis machine, ECG monitor, oxygen regulator, anaesthetic machines, generators and other hospital equipment meant for a cottage hospital in Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, from the premises of Mma Obot Foundation, alleged to belong to Senator Godswill Akpabio.”

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