No fewer than 10 federal ministries and agencies under their purview got over N1tn each as appropriation in the 2025 budget,
The PUNCH analysis has shown. A breakdown of the proposed allocation, contained in the 2025 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly, showed that the ministries include Police Affairs, Interior, Defence, Finance, Power, Works, and Budget and Economic planning.
Others are the ministries of Niger Delta, Education, and Health. The proposed budget showed that the finance ministry got the highest allocation of N17.52tn. Majority of this is for salary payment. The amount is an increase of 87.78 per cent or N8.19tn from the N9.33tn allocated in 2023.
This was followed by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, which got an increase of N2.33tn or 52.35 per cent to N6.78tn in the 2025 budget.
Another on the list is the Ministry of Defence with an appropriation of N2.92tn, indicating an increase of N1.34tn or 84.81 per cent. The Ministry of Interior got an allocation of N1.13tn from N461bn in 2024.
