Nigeria, June 1 -- The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, has uncovered major discrepancies in official progress reports on the federal government's Renewed Hope housing project in Katsina State, finding that only about 130 of the 250 housing units reported as completed were actually finished.

During an unannounced inspection of the project site, Mr Darma discovered that official ministry reports had significantly overstated progress on the development.

While briefing documents submitted to the ministry indicated that 250 housing units had been completed, a physical verification conducted by the minister showed that only about 130 units were ready.

The remaining 120 units-nearly half of the reported figure-remai...