Civic Accountability · Nigeria

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Previously in Kwara:
Term report
4
Inherited problems
1
Fixed
1
Partial progress
Fixed
Partial progress
Fiscal
Disputed debt and treasury handover
Partial
The problem
The AbdulRazaq administration says it inherited a public debt of at least ₦100 billion (including a dollar-denominated component) from the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration, while only about ₦4.8 billion in cash actually reached the state treasury despite the outgoing government's handover note citing ₦5 billion.
What was done
The competing figures were never independently reconciled; the PDP itself gave inconsistent accounts of what it left behind (₦8.5bn cited in January 2023, over ₦10bn cited in October 2023), and the dispute continued publicly into late 2023 without a resolving audit identified for this entry.
Governance
16-year-old Kwara United sign-on fee arrears
Fixed
The problem
Kwara United football club coaches and players were owed a backlog of sign-on fees dating back roughly 16 years, spanning multiple previous administrations.
What was done
The AbdulRazaq administration announced immediate settlement of the ₦201 million backlog.
Security
Entrenched banditry crisis in Kwara North
Broken
The problem
Kwara North's rural local government areas already faced armed-group activity at the start of the administration, rooted in the wider North-Central/North-West banditry corridor.
What was done
The crisis has intensified rather than resolved, with stakeholders alleging over 1,200 deaths since 2023 despite the administration's engagement of federal forces through Operation Savannah Shield.
Fiscal
Unaccounted proceeds from sold autonomous farms
In progress
The problem
The administration alleges that of 13 publicly-funded autonomous farms set up under the Saraki and Ahmed administrations, 9 were sold off with the state — despite holding a 10% equity stake in each — receiving nothing from the sales.
What was done
No independently verified recovery of funds or published investigation findings resolving the allegation was identified for this entry.