FG plans to carry 2027 budget go National Assembly dis year
- Di Minister of State for Budget say work on di 2027 budget don dey go on.
- She talk afta di Federal Executive Council meeting wey President Tinubu chair for Abuja.
- Agencies must now attach dia establishment Acts to dia personnel cost proposals.
Di Federal Government dey prepare di 2027 budget and e hope to carry am go National Assembly before dis year finish, di Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, talk on Wednesday.
She talk to State House reporters for Abuja afta di Federal Executive Council meeting wey President Bola Tinubu chair for Presidential Villa.
Wen dem ask am wen di proposal go reach lawmakers, di minister talk say work on di 2027 spending plan dey go on and di target na to present am before di year end.
Di budget na di federal government yearly plan for spending, money wey dem expect to get and economic targets. To present am early dey give National Assembly time to debate am and pass am before di 2027 fiscal year start.
New rules for ministries and agencies
Di talk come afta one circular wey di Budget Office of di Federation issue on September 4, 2026, wey dia Director-General, Tanimu Yakubu, sign. E ask ministries, departments and agencies to send dia 2027 personnel cost proposals together with dia establishment Acts.
To attach di establishment Act na new requirement. E come afta di Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) catch some fake agencies.
Under di circular, agencies wey no dey on di Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) or di Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) no go get personnel cost provision for di 2027 budget.
For ordinary Nigerians, di budget na where dem dey write decisions on fuel subsidy, salaries, roads, schools and health spending. Di personnel cost rules also touch how dem dey pay public servants and how dem dey keep ghost workers comot from payroll.
Neither di minister nor di Budget Office give specific date for di presentation, and dem no talk di size of di proposed budget.
Wetin go happen next
Di budget office go collect proposals from ministries and agencies, and dem go put di final figures inside di draft wey di President go present. Lawmakers go then review di proposal, do hearings and pass am, usually afta some adjustments.
