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A former Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Oseloka Obaze, has said the 2025 budget showed misplaced priorities on the side of the federal government.
The former SSG under former Governor Peter Obi, Obaze, regretted that the 2025 budget made more provisions for members of the National Assembly than it made for critical sectors of the national economy.
In a brief statement on the budget on his X handle on Saturday, the Labour Party chieftain also decried the amount allocated for building offices for aides of President Bola Tinubu and for their vehicles.
Obaze questioned why the education and health sector have only ₦94 billion while National Assembly members have a total budget of ₦125 billion.
“We are a nation of grossly misplaced priorities; where national conscience and probity stand mortgaged. If not, how does a nation that budgeted ₦48bn for education; ₦46bn for healthcare, inexplicably budget N125bn for 465 federal legislators and ₦15bn for vehicles and office construction for aides to the President. Something sinister is wrong with our present crop of leaders,” he stated.
Naija News reported that Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency lawmaker, Wole Oke, said the 2025 budget would not be enough to solve the country’s economic challenges.
Oke argued that the ₦49.7 trillion budget, which is the equivalent of $23 billion cannot address the challenges of a country as big as Nigeria.
The Osun State lawmaker called for an upward review of the budget to reflect the economic realities of the nation.
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