Constituency project is corruption – Obasanjo dares Nigerian lawmakers

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described the constituency projects being embarked upon by lawmakers as “corruption.”
Obasanjo said this at the opening of a two-day investment forum organised by the Niger State Government in Minna on Monday.

 
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described the constituency projects being embarked upon by lawmakers as “corruption.”

Obasanjo said this at the opening of a two-day investment forum organised by the Niger State Government in Minna on Monday.

Obasanjo said, “The Sultan talked about roads, I hope our lawmakers will use their position and act positively so that when they put in road projects in the budget they will not turn it into what they now term as constituency projects.

“You and I know what constituency projects mean. It is simply corruption.”

Obasanjo said federal and state governments should embark on massive rural and urban road construction to facilitate the movement of agricultural products from the farms to the markets.

“If there is anything that will take us out of recession, it is agriculture; that is the only renewable business we can do to give us all the job creation, wealth creation that we need,” he said.