Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to probe the allegations that N6.3 billion in constituency project funds may have been diverted, misapplied, or remain unaccounted.

SERAP also urged them to ensure that anyone found responsible was prosecuted where there was sufficient admissible evidence, and that any constituency project funds or other public funds found to have been diverted or unaccounted for were fully recovered and remitted to the treasury.

SERAP urged NASS to ensure the full disclosure of the names of the contractors and companies, including their shareholders and beneficial owners, that received constituency project funds but failed to execute the projects.

The allegations, it added, were documented in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2022 yearly report, published on September 9, 2025.

In a letter at the weekend, signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP said the allegations that over N6.3 billion in constituency project funds might have been diverted suggest a grave violation of the public trust, the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended), and international standards.

The body said allegations of corruption in the spending of constituency project funds continue to undermine economic development, violate social justice, destroy trust in political institutions, and lead to deficient public services.

According to SERAP, the National Assembly has a responsibility to curb allegations of corruption in constituency funds, but the body can only effectively perform its anti-corruption role if it demonstrates exemplary leadership in probing allegations of corruption involving constituency projects approved by lawmakers.

It stated: “The allegations involve several federal ministries, departments and agencies, including the Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON); the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Volm; the Federal Polytechnic, Udana; the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP); and the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS).

“According to the 2022 audited report, contained in pages 367 to 396, the Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON or Council), Abuja, paid over ‘N22 million [N22,944,565.16] into the private account of some members of staff of the Council from the Constituency Projects Fund Account,” SERAP said.

The organisation maintained that there was no evidence of the utilisation of the funds and no explanation for the payment of such an amount into the individual accounts.