{"id":45080,"date":"2025-02-14T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=45080"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:40:19","slug":"senate-passes-2025-n54-9-trillion-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=45080","title":{"rendered":"Senate Passes 2025 N54.9 Trillion Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Assembly has passed the N54.9 trillion budget for the 2025 financial year, increasing the initial proposal by N700 billion from N54.2 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The budget breakdown includes: N3.6 trillion for statutory transfers, N14.3 trillion for debt service, N13.6 trillion for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, and N23.9 trillion for capital expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu had earlier written to the National Assembly, requesting an increase in the initial budget proposal from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>He said the review was due 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