The United Nations Children’s Fund has urged journalists to scrutinise government budgets and spendings on children to ensure that allocations translate into improved education, healthcare, nutrition and other essential services. UNICEF made the call during a one-day Media Dialogue on Public Financing for Children orga…

…Government funding to strengthen poverty interventions. He estimated the annual Federal Government budget at about $50bn and said the states collectively controlled about $30bn. “I believe that there’s room there where the state could have, or states could have collaborated with the federal government to make the progr…

…Q2, Q3 and Q4 2025. The state was also adjudged one of the leading states in both local government budget transparency and the Subnational Audit Efficacy Index by PLSI. The state was also rated among the top 10 states in the federation that published detailed and accessible budget information for all its Local Governme…

…in part by reduced losses and enhanced operational continuity. As revenues stabilise, government budgeting gains credibility. Development planning becomes less speculative. The national economy gains breathing space to invest in infrastructure, social services and diversification. This breathing space matters. It allow…

…2026. Federal budgets One significant observation in this analysis is that the Federal Government budget far outweighs the combined budgets of 36 states and the FCT. President Bola Tinubu signed Nigeria’s N68.32tn 2026 Appropriation Act into law on 17th April 2026. This means the combined budgets of 36 states and the F…

…from Open Nigerian States, a budgIT-backed website that serves as a repository of government budget data, on Sunday, showed that Kogi topped the table with N34.67bn, representing 13.74 per cent of the total expenditure captured in the data. Plateau followed with N23.69bn, or 9.39 per cent, while Bauchi spent N22.35bn,…

…prevention, the State Department concluded:"Transparency provides citizens a window into government budgets and those citizens, in turn, hold governments accountable. It underpins market confidence and growth," by Linda Ikeji at 13/08/2026 7:35 AM | Share this Story

…an expenditure whose stated purpose had already ceased to exist. "How does a serious government budget ₦6.44 billion for presidential support for World Cup qualifiers after the country had already been eliminated? What competition was the money intended to support? Who inserted the provision, who approved it and who wa…