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“Senators Won’t See This Budget, Just Like the Last One” – Deji Adeyanju on 2025 Budget
Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju raised concerns on Thursday, suggesting that some senators may not have the opportunity to review the 2025 budget before it is passed into law.
Adeyanju’s comments started from conversations he had with five senators who claimed that they were never given access to the last budget, despite repeatedly requesting to see it.
According to Adeyanju, the budget was passed “with the speed of light,” without the senators having a chance to scrutinize its details.
In a post shared on X, Adeyanju expressed his worry about the current state of the country’s governance, stating, “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.”
On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly.
This budget, which has been dubbed “The Restoration Budget: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity,” outlines the government’s financial priorities for the coming fiscal year.
Among the budget’s major allocations, Tinubu revealed that N4.91 trillion would be dedicated to Defence and Security, underlining the government’s focus on maintaining national security.
A significant portion, N4.06 trillion, has been earmarked for Infrastructure, reflecting an emphasis on improving the country’s physical and technological infrastructure.
Education and Health are also priorities, with N3.52 trillion allocated to Education and N2.48 trillion to Health.
Nigerian pastor and overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, addresses and reacts to the current happenings of the country regarding the kidnapping and the abductions.
The pastor urges the government on steps they can take to solve and help the people of the country. “The Nigerian government has a clear and urgent duty to protect these Middle Belt communities, who have carried the weight of violence for far too long.”
“Rather than play the ostrich and cover up clear terrorism as mere farmer-herder clashes, the Nigerian state has a responsibility to invade the camps of armed marauders who hide under the cloak of herdsmen of whatever ethnicity, and who invade defenceless communities and gleefully massacre unarmed men, women and children.”
US President Donald Trump criticizes the Nigeria government once again after the increase of insecurity over the past few days. The president stated that the government is failing to protect Christian communities from the attacks going on.
“Nigeria is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace,” Trump said. “They’re killing people by the thousands. It’s a genocide, and I’m really angry about it. And we pay, you know, we give a lot of subsidies to Nigeria. We’re going to end up stopping.”
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar speaks out against the rising insecurity in the country. He urged the government to take action and claimed that it is not too late to declare a state of emergency.
He reacted after another news of abduction of students was announced on the 21st of November.
“How many more lives must be shattered before decisive action is taken? It is not too late for the government to finally declare a state of emergency on insecurity and confront this menace with the urgency it deserves.”
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