Tinubu misses March deadline as lawmakers extend 2025 capital budget

Businessday | 01-04-2026 04:04pm |

...Authorities give conflicting signals President Bola Tinubu has failed to meet his self-imposed March 31 deadline to end Nigeria’s overlapping fiscal cycles. While the National Assembly passed the 2026 budget on Tuesday, lawmakers simultaneously extended the capital component of the 2025 budget to June 30, effectively preserving the rollover system the presidency sought to eliminate.

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