The Civil Society Groups for Good Governance (CSGGG) and Integrity Advocacy for Development Initiative (IADI) have challenged recent allegations concerning projects facilitated by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, saying their independent monitoring activities found physical projects and empowerment programmes across Ogun West and other areas.
The groups made the position known at a joint press briefing held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at the CSO Media Centre, Wuye District, Abuja, where they addressed what they described as unsubstantiated claims surrounding interventions facilitated by the senator, who represents Ogun West Senatorial District and chairs the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
According to the organisations, their intervention was based on independent monitoring rather than information supplied by Adeola or his associates. They said their teams had visited project locations, inspected interventions, interacted with residents and beneficiaries, and documented their findings through reports, photographs and field observations.
The groups said the projects monitored included roads, schools, electricity and healthcare infrastructure, alongside empowerment programmes involving traders, artisans, farmers, youths, students and other beneficiaries.
They maintained that their observations provided substantial evidence of project execution and, in several instances, delivery to a commendable standard. The organisations also disclosed that their monitoring covered projects and programmes outside Ogun West Senatorial District.
The CSOs said their teams had, during some monitoring exercises, observed officers of anti-corruption agencies, including the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), monitoring some of the programmes.
They, however, stressed that the existence of completed projects does not remove legitimate questions concerning procurement, contract values, quality, value for money or financial transactions.
The organisations called for such issues to be determined through documentary evidence and verifiable records rather than assumptions, urging the public to independently inspect disputed projects and engage communities and beneficiaries.
They said their monitoring records, including reports, photographs and field observations, remain available for examination, insisting that allegations should not be allowed to erase projects that can be physically verified.
Chief Dominic Ogakwu, President of CSGGG, and Comrade Ofomhi Christopher, Executive Director of IADI, signed the statement.
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