Concerned Nigerian Urges Financial Crimes Commission To Investigate Tinubu Over Dubious Streetlight Pole Budget

A concerned Nigerian has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Nigerian President Bola Tinubu over an alleged budget of ₦266.25 million for a single streetlight pole.

The Nigerian citizen made the appeal in a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @Ode_Luwa, who urged the anti-corruption agency to take immediate action.

In the tweet, he said: “Dear @officialEFCC, your attention is greatly needed here. How can President Tinubu’s administration budget ₦393.2 billion for just 1,477 streetlights—₦266.25 million for a single streetlight pole? This amount is enough to build a massive streetlight factory and solve Nigeria’s streetlight problems permanently.”

The user also raised concerns about another budget item:

“Another ₦114.53 billion was budgeted for just 538 boreholes—that’s ₦211 million to sink a single borehole. This is completely ridiculous and makes no sense. Please investigate this as soon as possible. This is a great injustice to every Nigerian.”

As the post circulated online, many Nigerians took to the comment section to express their outrage and demand transparency and accountability.

See some reactions below:

@0xveektor: “You want them to bite the finger that fingers them?”

@sasmanic: “EFCC is a government lapdog to prosecute the average citizen, as corrupt as our ruling class how many have they prosecuted?”

@BigDEnergy000: “Dem go fess send Battalion 50 go EFCC head office , deal with all these one wella , den enter branch offices , wipe those ones join . Ask Nepa.”

@RichardAvwenake: “The EFCC chairman I heard he’s a Redeem Christian church pastor. I’ve longed given up on religious people. They’re the vilest people you can contend with when they’re dealing with people outside their religious group. Then, you see them condone corruption and be full of hates.”

@unamaugo: “The only thing they will do now is to start investigating the person that leaked this info, they will investigate you, your father, mother sisters, brothers, inlaws, and extended families just to get at the person. Up APC.”

@Osaro_Igbinosa: “EFCC cannot do anything here. Only the legislatures. They can ask the EFCC to verify the figures and come to a conclusion based on their findings but EFCC cannot say the presidency was wrong even if it appears so. That was why Buhari could not prosecute GEJ even when he tried.”

Source: Africa Publicity