Who is Eating Obingwa’s Billions? Rotting Secretariat Road Exposes Questions of Mismanagement | #NwokeukwuMascot

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The sight is shocking: the major road leading to Obingwa Local Government Secretariat, the very seat of governance in one of Abia’s most populous LGAs, has collapsed into a swampy, moldy eyesore. Disturbing photos shared online have stirred outrage, with residents and netizens questioning how a council that has received billions of naira in recent years can allow its headquarters road to rot in neglect.




Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed fuel subsidy in 2023, federal allocations to local governments have soared. Obingwa now receives an average of ₦400 million monthly, over ₦10 billion in just two years, excluding internally generated revenue. Yet, the council headquarters road remains abandoned, raising uncomfortable questions: Where has all the money gone? Who is truly in charge of Obingwa’s funds?




Barrister Emperor Gabriel Ogbonna, who first sounded the alarm by posting pictures of the road on Facebook, did not mince words.




“This is the road in front of Obingwa Local Government headquarters. You can see how it is. Obingwa gets big big millions every month as allocation and internally generated revenue. Whatever arrangements that is keeping the local governments like this is not good. This is not good. Honestly, this is not good,” he wrote.





His post set off a firestorm. Mr Chinonye Mba, a resident, pointed a finger at Governor Alex Otti’s government, alleging neglect:“The Okpu-Umuobo–Mgboko to Obi-Ngwa road is about 25km. Ikpeazu’s administration completed 23km with meagre funds. Three years into Otti’s tenure, the remaining few kilometers have remained uncompleted despite the billions pouring into the state. What offense did the Obi-Ngwa people commit?”




Others, however, turned the heat on the council chairman, Maxwell Nwadike. Uwaoma Chigozie Lazarus questioned whether Obingwa truly has a functional chairman or a mere puppet: “Who is in control of Obingwa LGA funds? Do we have a functional chairman or just a ceremonial one?”



Prince Kelechi Madu went further, indicting successive governments: “This is bad, very, very bad. This road should not look like this at all. Old Abia failed, and New Abia is also failing.”



For many, the sorry state of the secretariat road has become more than a local problem, it is a symbol of deeper rot in Nigeria’s local government system. With federal allocations at record highs, councils across the country are richer than ever before. Yet, in places like Obingwa, basic infrastructure remains in ruins.





Some residents now wonder aloud: Is the blame on Tinubu, Otti, or the LGA chairman? Or is there a bigger, systemic looting arrangement that keeps local governments perpetually impoverished, despite their bloated accounts?



As one resident put it bluntly: “Obingwa LGA has received over ₦10 billion in the last two years. Show us what has been done with it.”



Until answers are provided, the moldy, swamp-ridden secretariat road stands as a grim reminder of a system awash with funds yet starved of accountability.


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