New year, big bucks: Gov. Bala Mohammed inked the N877 billion 2026 Appropriation Bill Wednesday, trimming a slight N1bn from his original N878bn proposal for “Budget of Consolidation and Sustainability.”
Mohammed praised lawmakers for their swift, thorough scrutiny after his Nov. 27 presentation. “The House fulfilled their promise of timely, objective review—activating implementation from Jan. 1,” he said, hailing the robust, non-partisan probe of agencies.
Speaker Abubakar Sulaiman detailed the tweaks: IGR projections looked shaky (75% hit Jan-Sep 2025, federal tax reforms looming), plus capital/recurrent scrutiny prioritizing jobs, security, infra, and welfare. “This led to the N877bn final size,” he explained.
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