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More than 30 abandoned Industrial Development Centres

Status
No final report
Assembly
House of Representatives
Opened
24 June 2025
Assembly term
10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
Committee
Committee on Industry
Sum at issue
Not stated
Subject
Contracts and procurement
Without a report for
505 days

On a motion by Emeka Idu (Onitsha North/South, Anambra), the House of Representatives mandated its Committee on Industry to investigate the abandonment of over 30 Industrial Development Centres set up in the 1970s to support small and medium industries, including the zonal centers in Osogbo, Owerri, Zaria and Maiduguri, whose equipment had been left to waste, and to report within four weeks.

What the record shows

  • 24 June 2025
    Probe opened.
  • As of 11 November 2026
    No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.