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A Naijaonpointinvestigation has uncovered how the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), headed by Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, disbursed ₦34.99 billion in December 2025 alone, with ten of its biggest contractor-beneficiaries listed as inactive on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) register.
Payment records obtained and analysed by Naijaonpointshow that between January 2025 and June 2026, the office made 415 reportable payments totalling ₦63.29 billion, excluding tax remittances.
Remarkably, 221 payments worth ₦34.99 billion were made in December 2025, representing approximately 55 per cent of the total disbursements recorded over the 18-month period.
The final day of the year was particularly significant. On December 31, 2025, the office reportedly processed 59 payments totalling ₦9.63 billion for various construction and furnishing projects across the country.
Among the beneficiaries was Jefes Engr Nig Ltd, which received ₦588.9 million as an interim payment for the construction and furnishing of a hostel block at DUFUTH.
Another beneficiary, Easystone Project and Services Ltd, received ₦432.7 million on December 15, 2025, for the construction of five blocks of 20 lock-up shops and four open stalls at Amaraku.
₦1.02BN PAYMENT TO COMPANY PREVIOUSLY FLAGGED
The investigation also identified Obagold Investment Limited among the beneficiaries.
The company, which had previously attracted public attention over allegations involving school, borehole and streetlight projects in Lagos and Ogun states, received an additional ₦1.02 billion from the SDG office during the period under review.
Of this amount, ₦728.25 million was paid on December 31, 2025, as a practical completion payment for the construction of a nurse hostel at a federal neuro-psychiatric facility.
TEN BIG CONTRACTORS LISTED AS INACTIVE
Perhaps the most troubling discovery concerns the corporate status of several major beneficiaries.
A review of the CAC register reportedly showed that ten of the office’s sixteen biggest contractor-beneficiaries were listed as INACTIVE.
Among the companies identified were:
Guyatse Nig Ltd – ₦1.17 billion.
Sparktech Global Ventures Limited – ₦923.8 million.
LRB Global Investment Limited – ₦911.4 million.
Writes Energy Limited – ₦836.9 million.
Truetech Global Investment Services Limited – ₦770.6 million.
Station 5 Limited – ₦757.1 million.
Hawawu Global Ventures Limited – ₦719.6 million.
Jefes Engr Nig Ltd – also listed as inactive.
The seven companies with the payment figures highlighted above collectively received approximately ₦6.09 billion, while Jefes Engr Nig Ltd was another major beneficiary.
The inactive classification raises questions about corporate compliance, contractor eligibility and the due diligence conducted before public funds were disbursed.
THREE COMPANIES REGISTERED WITHIN 48 HOURS
The investigation also uncovered an unusual connection involving three of the contractor-beneficiaries.
LRB Global Investment Limited and Hawawu Global Ventures Limited were both incorporated on November 1, 2018, while Truetech Global Investment Services Limited was registered on November 2, 2018.
Their CAC registration numbers are 1538141, 1538082 and 1538167 respectively.
All three companies appeared among the major beneficiaries of the SDG office’s payments and were listed as inactive on the corporate register.
Their incorporation within a 48-hour period, coupled with their subsequent appearance among major government contract beneficiaries, raises further questions about their ownership, business relationships and capacity to execute the projects awarded to them.
QUESTIONS FOR THE SDG OFFICE
Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire was first appointed Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs on March 7, 2016, and was reappointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on September 14, 2023.
The findings raise important questions about the office’s procurement processes, contractor verification procedures and the justification for the extraordinary concentration of payments in December 2025.
Under Nigeria’s Public Procurement Act, public procurement is subject to established qualification, transparency and accountability requirements.
However, an inactive CAC status does not, by itself, establish fraud or prove that a contract was unlawfully awarded. The circumstances surrounding each company’s status at the time of contract award and payment require further examination.
Naijaonpointbelieves the relevant authorities must provide answers to the following questions:
1. How were the inactive companies qualified for federal government contracts?
2. Were their corporate records and annual returns verified before contract awards?
3. Who are the beneficial owners of the companies?
4. Were the projects physically inspected before interim and practical completion payments were approved?
5. Why did the office disburse ₦34.99 billion in December 2025 alone?
The Federal Ministry of Finance, Bureau of Public Procurement, Corporate Affairs Commission, EFCC and ICPC may need to examine the transactions and establish whether due process was followed.
For an office responsible for advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, transparency in the management of public funds should be non-negotiable.
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