Tinubu misses fiscal reset target as lawmakers extend 2025 capital spending

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has fallen short of his March 31 target to end Nigeria’s overlapping budget cycles, after the National Assembly approved an extension of the 2025 capital budget to June 30. The decision came even as lawmakers passed the 2026 appropriation bill, effectively sustaining the dual-budget structure the administration had pledged to phase out. […]