No fewer than 10 federal ministries and agencies under their purview got over ₦1 trillion 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 ₦17.52 trillion. Majority of this is for salary payment. The amount is an increase of 87.78 per cent or ₦8.19 trillion from the ₦9.33 trillion allocated in 2023.
This was followed by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, which got an increase of ₦2.33 trillion or 52.35 per cent to ₦6.78 trillion in the 2025 budget.
Third on the list is the Ministry of Defence with an appropriation of ₦2.92 trillion, indicating an increase of ₦1.34 trillion or 84.81 per cent. The Ministry of Interior got an allocation of ₦1.13 trillion from ₦461 billion in 2024.
While the power ministry got a 510.46 per cent increase to ₦2.1 trillion from the ₦344 billion in 2024, the works ministry also got a proposal of ₦1.14 trillion from ₦657.23 billion.
