By Gloria Ikibah 
The National Assembly has corrected errors detected in the 2025 Appropriation Bill passed on Thursday 13th February, 2025 by the House of Representatives and Senate.
The adjustment was made after identifying discrepancies in line items under capital and recurrent expenditures.
Although the total budget size remains N54.99 trillion, the capital expenditure was reduced by over N500 billion, while the recurrent expenditure increased by the same amount.
During Tuesday’s plenary sessions, both chambers of trh National Assembly reviewed and adjusted the previously passed allocations for some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). The adjustments resulted in upward revisions for some MDAs and reductions for others.
Presenting the motion for the corrections, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Francis Waive (APC, Delta), explained that the changes were necessary due to errors identified by the Joint Appropriation Committee in the figures previously approved.
Rep. Waive clarified that the total budget of N54.99 trillion, statutory transfers of N3.64 trillion, and debt service of N14.32 trillion remained unchanged. However, the recurrent (non-debt) expenditure was adjusted to N13.56 trillion, while the capital budget was revised to N23.44 trillion.
