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House of Representatives Committee Issues Ultimatum to Finance Minister over 2025 Budget

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The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation has delivered a stern warning to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to withdraw the operational process for implementing the 2025 national budget by Friday, September 12, 2025. The committee's directive follows a contentious joint session with the minister and other officials, where lawmakers insisted that the operational process was inconsistent with the established appropriation framework. The committee, chairperson Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, has formally requested that the minister notify all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the decision.

Key Takeaways:

  • The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation has demanded the withdrawal of the operational process for implementing the 2025 national budget by September 12, 2025.
  • The committee, led by Chairman Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, insists that the operational process outlined in the budget document is inconsistent with the established appropriation framework.
  • Lawmakers have asked Minister Wale Edun to formally notify all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the decision.
  • The committee's resolution was reached after a tense joint session with the minister and other officials, highlighting deepening tensions over budgetary control and implementation guidelines.
  • The federal government's ongoing nationwide sensitization exercise for the 2025 budget has sparked concerns among lawmakers regarding the potential for inadequate parliamentary oversight of the budget's execution.
  • The committee's decision reflects a broader effort by lawmakers to assert their influence over the 2025 fiscal plan and ensure that it aligns with established appropriation procedures.

Statistics:

  • September 12, 2025, is the deadline set by the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation for the withdrawal of the operational process for implementing the 2025 national budget.
  • Attachments 7 and 8 to the budget document have been identified by the committee as inconsistent with the established appropriation framework.
  • The federal government has initiated a nationwide sensitization exercise to create stakeholders' awareness of its fiscal priorities, with a focus on the 2025 budget.
  • Tensions over budgetary control and implementation guidelines have been a recurring theme in recent joint sessions between lawmakers and the minister.

Sources:

  • "Transmission of Resolution on Withdrawal of Operations Process for Year 2025 Budget" [signing by Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation].
  • Exclusive letter sighted by LEADERSHIP, dated [no date specified].

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