Nigeria’s 2025 capital budget has entered another extension period, allowing the Federal Government to continue implementing projects captured in the 2025 Appropriation Act beyond the original deadline and into 2026. The development has raised fresh legal, fiscal, and accountability concerns among lawyers and civil society actors, particularly over the implications of having the extended 2025 capital budget operate alongside the 2026 Appropriation Act and preparations for the 2027 budget. The debate centres on how long an annual appropriation can be extended, how expenditure should be tracked across overlapping fiscal years, what happens to unspent funds, and whether repeated extensions could weaken legislative oversight of public finances. The National Assembly recently extended the deadline for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act.
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