US EditionNigeria: How Nigerian Lawmakers Padded 2025 Budget With Projects Worth N6.9trn
- In February 2025, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu signed into law a N54.99 trillion budget inflated by the National Assembly with 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion.
- This budget padding follows a history of legislative insertions of opaque projects that distort development priorities and raise accountability concerns.
- BudgIT Nigeria revealed that N7 trillion in questionable projects exceeds combined allocations to key ministries like Health, Education, Agriculture, and Humanitarian Affairs.
- Peter Obi condemned the corruption, stating, "Nigeria has been reduced to a crime scene," and asserted that this figure likely represents only a fraction of misappropriation.
- The findings highlight urgent needs for transparent budget management and reforms to prevent fiscal recklessness amid Nigeria's economic and social challenges.
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Nigeria: How Nigerian Lawmakers Padded 2025 Budget With Projects Worth N6.9trn
In an 18-page report released Tuesday, BudgIT indicated that the National Assembly included 11,122 projects representing 12.5 per cent of the N54.99 trillion signed budget without adequate justification or alignment with national development goals.
Peter Obi decries NASS' alleged insertion of N7trn projects into 2025 budget
"Nigeria has been reduced to a crime scene. We must confront this corruption, misappropriation, and fiscal recklessness with unwavering resolve. Our national resources must be transparently managed and strategically invested in key. " The post Peter Obi decries NASS’ alleged insertion of N7trn projects into 2025 budget appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Obi slams N7tn budget insertions, says Nigeria is ‘run like a crime scene’, As questions mount over Tinubu’s silence
Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has described the N6.93 trillion worth of suspicious projects allegedly smuggled into Nigeria’s 2025 national budget as further proof that the country is being “run like a crime scene,” warning that systemic corruption and impunity have now reached unprecedented levels of boldness. Obi’s remarks […] The post Obi slams N7tn budget insertions, says Nigeria is ‘run like …
Outrage As BudgIT Accuses Lawmakers Of 'Padding' 2025 Budget With N6.9trn Projects
In a startling revelation, BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation committed to budget transparency and accountability, has accused the National Assembly members of inserting N6.93 trillion worth of projects into the 2025 national budget without adequate justification or alignment with national priorities. The findings, detailed in an 18-page report released on Tuesday, indicated that federal lawmakers added 11,122 projects representing 12.5% of the N…
BudgIT and Budget of Distortion: Inside Nigeria’s N6.93 Trillion NASS Insertions Scandal
The 2025 national budget, touted by the Tinubu administration as a blueprint for economic recovery, has once again become the epicentre of a deepening scandal. BudgIT, Nigeria’s foremost civic-tech organisation tracking public finance, has uncovered a staggering 11,122 projects valued at N6.93 trillion dubiously inserted into the national budget by the National Assembly, raising urgent …
1bn constituency allocations: Onjeh challenges lawmakers to publish project lists, locations, agencies
Following his earlier statement on the lack of transparency surrounding the 1 billion and 2 billion annually allocated to House of Representatives members and Senators respectively for Constituency Development ProjectsThe post 1bn constituency allocations: Onjeh challenges lawmakers to publish project lists, locations, agencies appeared first on The Nation Newspaper.
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