Some Senators Won’t See 2025 Budget Before Passage – Deji Adeyanju

Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has raised concerns that some Nigerian senators may not have access to the 2025 budget before its passage into law.

In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Adeyanju alleged that five senators confided in him that they never saw the previous year’s budget, despite repeatedly requesting it, before it was hurriedly passed into law.

He wrote:

“Five senators told me they never saw the last budget after several demands; it was later passed into law with the speed of light. I’m sure senators won’t also see this budget, neither will they scrutinize it, and it will be passed. This is how low we have descended as a nation.”

This remark follows the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday to the National Assembly.

The budget, tagged “The Restoration Budget: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity,” allocates: N4.91 trillion for Defence and Security N4.06 trillion for Infrastructure N3.52 trillion for Education N2.48 trillion for Health