Reps Panel ‘Orders’ Edun To Withdraw 2025 Budget Document

The House of Representatives Committee connected Appropriation has issued an ultimatum to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to retreat the operational process for implementing the 2025 nationalist budget.

In an exclusive missive sighted by LEADERSHIP, the Committee directed that the papers titled “Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget” beryllium withdrawn not aboriginal than Friday, September 12, 2025.

The lawmakers besides asked the curate to formally notify each Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the decision.

The letter, signed by the Committee Chairman, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, was titled “Transmission of Resolution connected Withdrawal of Operations Process for Year 2025 Budget.” It followed a rowdy associated league held connected Wednesday betwixt the Committee, Edun, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, the Director-General of the Budget Office, and the Accountant-General of the Federation.

“At the session, the Committee unanimously resolved — with your concurrence — that the papers titled ‘Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget’ (pages 7, 8 attached) should beryllium formally withdrawn not aboriginal than Friday, 12th September 2025, with owed notification to each MDAs,” the missive stated.

The lawmakers insisted connected removing the 2 pages from the fund document, arguing that the process outlined was inconsistent with the established appropriation framework. They further directed the curate to admit receipt of the solution and corroborate compliance.

When LEADERSHIP contacted some the manager of accusation astatine the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Manga, and the peculiar advisor to the Minister connected media, Dr. Ogho Okiti, for the minister’s reaction, they could not respond to the issue. While Manga said the papers had been sent to the close idiosyncratic for reaction, Okiti said helium would get backmost to us. None of them could instrumentality with a effect by the clip this study was filed past night.

The improvement comes against the national government’s ongoing nationwide sensitisation for  the 2025 budget. The concern and fund ministries person spearheaded the sensitisation workout to make stakeholders’ consciousness of the government’s fiscal priorities.

Wednesday’s heated engagement betwixt Minister Edun and members of the House Appropriation Committee had highlighted deepening tensions implicit budgetary power and implementation guidelines.

With the latest resolution, the lawmakers look determined to asseverate parliamentary oversight of the execution of the 2025 fiscal plan.