Inside Itezhi Tezhi’s Troubled CDF Projects

For nearly two years, children in Kauka Village, Itezhi Tezhi, walked past an abandoned construction site meant to deliver new classrooms. What should have symbolised development under the Constituency Development Fund instead became a daily reminder of delays, waste, and broken promises. This investigation reveals how weak oversight and financial irregularities derailed a rural school project, one that was eventually completed, but at a cost far higher than originally budgeted.

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