**19 Payments Made Between 2022 and 2025, Including ₦9.89bn Released on December 31, 2023
ABUJA — September 25, 2026: The Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), under the leadership of its Director-General, Prof. Samson Duna, reportedly spent ₦13.04 billion on the resurfacing, repainting and external repairs of low-cost housing estates in Lagos between July 2022 and February 2025, according to payment records obtained by NaijaonpointOnline
The records reportedly show 19 payments totalling ₦13,043,456,977.34, raising questions about procurement procedures, contractor eligibility, duplication of payments and value for money.
A significant portion of the expenditure was reportedly made on December 31, 2023, when 13 payments totalling ₦9,892,231,911.92 were released.
Among the largest payments was ₦1.21 billion reportedly paid to Eze Manjoe Global Resources Limited for the resurfacing and external repairs of Shitta Low-Cost Housing Estate Phase I.
However, another payment of ₦403.47 million was reportedly made to Hawawu Global Ventures Limited on the same day for Shitta Phase I, bringing the reported payments linked to the estate phase to more than ₦1.61 billion.
The payment records also show several contracts awarded on December 31, 2023, at remarkably similar values.
LRB Global Investment Limited reportedly received ₦807.09 million for Itire Lawanson Phase II, while Sparktech Global Ventures Limited received ₦807.16 million for Ogunmola Phase I. Bridgevine Resources Limited was reportedly paid ₦807.09 million for Iponri Phase I, while Joydrill Integrated Services Limited received ₦807.14 million for Iponri Phase II.
Another ₦818.03 million was reportedly paid to JRB Oil and Gas Limited for Itire Lawanson Phase I.
The report also identified two payments of ₦605.34 million each to Brown Integrated Energy Services Limited for Shitta Phase II under the same reference, described respectively as an approved payment and balance payment.
Together, the two payments amounted to approximately ₦1.21 billion.
Further records reportedly show that Alaka Jakande Phase I and Phase II attracted payments of ₦928.22 million to Michael Obi Ochie and Sons Nigeria Limited and ₦928.17 million to Jay Jay Badmus Investment Limited respectively.
The report also identified multiple payments relating to Masha-Shomade-Small London Phase I, with Monnex Global Resources Nigeria Limited receiving a combined ₦786.57 million, while Brighttech Resources Limited reportedly received ₦827.88 million for Phase II.
Repeat Payments Raise Fresh Questions
The investigation further alleges that NBRRI returned to three contractors in February 2025 for additional work on estates previously covered by the 2023 awards.
Sparktech Global Ventures Limited reportedly received ₦971.45 million for Ogunmola, LRB Global Investment Limited received ₦850.75 million for Itire Lawanson, while Bridgevine Resources Limited received ₦866.70 million for Iponri.
The three payments reportedly totalled ₦2.69 billion.
The report said the additional payments brought Sparktech’s reported total to ₦1.78 billion, Bridgevine’s to ₦1.67 billion, and LRB’s to ₦1.66 billion.
Questions Over Contractor Status
Corporate Affairs Commission searches cited in the investigation reportedly showed that four contractors linked to the payments had inactive status on the CAC register.
They include LRB Global Investment Limited, Sparktech Global Ventures Limited, Michael Obi Ochie and Sons Nigeria Limited, and Greenleaf Agri Resources Limited.
The three estate contractors among them — LRB, Sparktech and Michael Obi Ochie and Sons — reportedly collected a combined ₦4.36 billion.
The findings raise questions about whether all required corporate, tax and procurement documentation was current at the time of the reported awards.
Questions Over NBRRI’s Mandate
The investigation also questioned the extent to which large-scale resurfacing, repainting and external repairs of housing estates fall within NBRRI’s statutory responsibilities as a research institute focused on building and road technologies.
It cited a ₦12.33 million payment to Greenleaf Agri Resources Limited on July 22, 2022, reportedly for transformers at Gegu Egba in Kogi State, as another expenditure requiring clarification.
The report argued that the scale and nature of the expenditure warrant scrutiny regarding whether the funds were applied consistently with NBRRI’s statutory mandate and applicable public-finance rules.
Prof. Samson Duna became Acting Director-General of NBRRI in October 2020 and was subsequently reappointed in November 2024.
The reported payments and procurement practices raise questions that NBRRI and relevant oversight and procurement authorities may need to clarify, particularly regarding the basis for the contracts, certification of completed works, contractor eligibility, repeated awards and the apparent concentration of payments at the end of the 2023 financial year.
The allegations and figures in this report are based on the payment records and corporate-status findings cited by NaijaonpointOnline
NBRRI and the named contractors would have an opportunity to respond to the specific allegations.