Abandoned ₦365 million National Library project in Jalingo

On a petition by BudgIT Foundation, the House Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun), investigated the abandoned Jalingo branch of the National Library of Nigeria. The Chief Executive, Veronica Anunobi, said the contract was awarded on March 1, 2018 to Samsung and Asosu Nigeria Limited for ₦238 million, raised to ₦365 million in March 2023, and that ₦292.27 million had been paid for work about 85 percent complete. Members noted that the contractor had left the site.