How Senator Oshiomhole Commissioned Classrooms Worth N222million With No Desks, No Chairs In Edo School
Pecohub Civic watchdog, the Monitoring Initiative for Transparency in Governance (MonITNG), has raised questions over a multi-million naira constituency project commissioned by Senator Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State, as completed classrooms were delivered without basic furniture for students.
The report, released on Monday, October 20, 2025, and titled “Misplaced Priorities in Edo State”, criticised what it described as a “deceptive” project execution at Ojah Comprehensive High School in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area.
According to MonITNG, “How does a project worth N222million end with pupils sitting on bare floors?
“Senator Adams Oshiomhole commissioned blocks of classrooms at Ojah Comprehensive High School, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, yet no single desk or chair was provided.”
The organisation stated that the project, with code ZIP20240448, was awarded under the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Federal Ministry of Education, to a contractor identified as Sam Sedi Nig. LTD.
“The project, code ZIP20240448, was awarded under Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Federal Ministry of Education, to Sam Sedi Nig. LTD.
“On visiting the site, our team confirmed the buildings exist, but the work is of poor quality, no landscaping, no drainage, and very poor finishing,” the report continued.
“Most shocking is the lack of basic furniture, which means students will still learn in the same conditions the project was meant to solve.”
The group questioned the rationale behind commissioning what it described as “empty shells of classrooms,” saying, “Why should N222 million be spent only to deliver empty shells of classrooms?
“What is the essence of commissioning a project that leaves children on bare floors? This is not development; it is deception.”
MonITNG also alleged that the contractor, Sam Sedi Nig. LTD, has a history of questionable project delivery, citing the abandoned Warake–Ivbiaro Road project in Owan East Local Government Area, valued at N200 million, and a controversial agricultural empowerment programme in Etsako communities, both linked to Senator Oshiomhole.
The report stated, “Why should N222 million be spent only to deliver empty shells of classrooms? What is the essence of commissioning a project that leaves children on bare floors? This is not development; it is deception.
“The contractor, Sam Sedi Nig. LTD, has a history of questionable project delivery.
“The same company handled the abandoned Warake–Ivbiaro Road project in Owan East Local Government Area, valued at N200 million, and implemented a controversial agricultural empowerment programme in Etsako communities, both linked to Senator Oshiomhole.”
According to MonITNG, “A pattern is clear: inflated contracts, poor execution, and little accountability.”
