BudgIT Faults Tinubu Over N54.4trn 2026 Budget, Demands 2025 Performance Report

|By Adejumo Adekunle

Civic advocacy group BudgIT has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s planned presentation of the N54.4 trillion 2026 budget to the National Assembly, accusing the administration of bypassing accountability by failing to release the 2025 budget performance report.

BudgIT raised the concern in a statement posted on X on Thursday, ahead of Tinubu’s expected appearance before the National Assembly on Friday to lay the 2026 Appropriation Bill.

The organisation said the absence of a publicly available 2025 budget implementation report undermines transparency and weakens fiscal oversight.

“Mind you, there is still no budget implementation report for 2025. The 2026 budget is almost here, yet we don’t know how the 2025 budget performed? No report. No accountability,” BudgIT stated.

The group argued that presenting a new budget without accounting for the previous one contradicts principles of open governance and deprives citizens and lawmakers of the information needed to assess government spending and outcomes.

President Tinubu had, in February 2025, signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Act into law, outlining spending plans for the fiscal year now nearing completion.