Defence gets lion share as Tinubu presents 47.9trn 2025 budget

News Express |18th Dec 2024 | 364

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday proposed the sum of N47.9 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly as the Appropriation Bill for the 2025 fiscal year.

Tinubu’s 2025 budget is tagged: “The Restoration Budget: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity.”

In the highlights, Tinubu said N4.91 trillion has been allocated to Defence and Security, while Infrastructure has N4.06 trillion, Education – N3.52 trillion, and Health – N2.48 trillion. (The Nation)

•President Tinubu presenting the 2025 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 18, 2024.

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