Reps query Edun, Bagudu, Adedeji over 2025 budget failure

The House of Representatives connected Wednesday summoned the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, and Chairman of the Nigerian Revenue Service, NRS, Mr. Zach Adedeji, implicit the zero implementation of the 2025 superior fund contempt the country’s excess revenue.

The session, chaired by Abubakar Bichi, Chairman of the House Committee connected Appropriation, was convened to probe wherefore approved funds for superior projects remained unutilized, grounding projects crossed sectors and agencies.

Bichi said, “We person decided to prosecute the economical squad of the President to sermon the erstwhile show of the 2025, arsenic good arsenic the projected 2026. We request much accusation truthful Nigerians who are watching volition beryllium informed.”

Edun defended the administration, saying, “We stopped the unsustainable methodology of printing money, whether to wage indebtedness service, contractors, oregon conscionable different obligations of government. We were moving from a presumption of irregularity to regularizing.”

Bagudu added, “Meetings with the Appropriation Committee allowed america to determination 70 percent of the 2025 superior into 2026. This has been included successful the 2026 fund connection earlier the National Assembly.”

Adedeji besides highlighted the gross performance, stating, “Our bureau generated N28.23 tr...