Nasarawa State revised the passed 2025 budget downwards by ₦18bn
Nasarawa State passed its ₦199.8bn 2024 budget in December 2023. By November 2024, it passed a ₦156.6bn supplementary budget, nearly the same size as its full-year budget for 2024.
Weeks after passing a supplementary budget for 2024, the state assembly passed a ₦402.57bn 2025 budget, a ₦20bn increase from the ₦382.57bn budget presented by Governor Abdullahi Sule, before proceeding on a Christmas recess.
However, the state executive recommended reducing the passed budget to ₦384.3bn, ₦18bn less than the passed budget and ₦2bn higher than the budget originally presented. The state assembly passed a new appropriation bill, which the Governor assented to, all within seven days.
The speaker of the house cited the need to achieve an 85% budget performance to qualify for a transparency grant and the impact of the proposed tax bills on the state's revenue as reasons for reducing the passed budget.
Governor Sule started 2025 by dissolving his entire cabinet, calling it necessary to bring in individuals who would help his government achieve its ambitious budget.
In 2024, there was a sharp drop in unrealised humanitarian funds from the amount received in 2023.
The rate at which the amount of unrealised humanitarian aid increased from 2022 to 2023 is approximately the same rate at which the unrealised amount dropped in 2024.
The lowest amount of unrealised funding was recorded in 2016.
The UN secured $632 million of the $1.08 billion needed for humanitarian assistance in Nigeria in 2020.
The US dusbursed $512 million to Nigeria’s health sector during the fiscal year.
The US allocated over $232 million to HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that this freeze could reverse decades of progress in HIV prevention and treatment, with the potential to worsen global health outcomes.
PEPFAR, a US initiative, provides HIV treatment for over 20 million people worldwide.
Nasarawa State passed its ₦199.8bn 2024 budget in December 2023. By November 2024, it passed a ₦156.6bn supplementary budget, nearly the same size as its full-year budget for 2024.
Weeks after passing a supplementary budget for 2024, the state assembly passed a ₦402.57bn 2025 budget, a ₦20bn increase from the ₦382.57bn budget presented by Governor Abdullahi Sule, before proceeding on a Christmas recess.
However, the state executive recommended reducing the passed budget to ₦384.3bn, ₦18bn less than the passed budget and ₦2bn higher than the budget originally presented. The state assembly passed a new appropriation bill, which the Governor assented to, all within seven days.
The speaker of the house cited the need to achieve an 85% budget performance to qualify for a transparency grant and the impact of the proposed tax bills on the state's revenue as reasons for reducing the passed budget.
Governor Sule started 2025 by dissolving his entire cabinet, calling it necessary to bring in individuals who would help his government achieve its ambitious budget.