Tinubu to present 2027 budget before year-end — Minister

Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite

President Bola Tinubu will present the 2027 federal budget to the National Assembly before the end of this year, the Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka, said on Wednesday.

She disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.

“We are working on the budget for 2027, and the intention is to present it before the end of the year,” she said when asked when the budget will be presented.

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The disclosure comes weeks after the Budget Office of the Federation, in a Personnel Costs Budget Call Circular dated September 4, 2026, and signed by the Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, directed all ministries, departments and agencies to submit their 2027 personnel cost proposals alongside their establishment Acts.

The circular made it compulsory for MDAs to attach their establishment Acts to proposals, a new requirement introduced following the scandal over fictitious agencies uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

Agencies not captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System or the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System were barred from receiving personnel cost provisions in the 2027 budget.

Stephen Angbulu

With three years of experience, Stephen, The PUNCH correspondent, has been covering Nigeria’s presidency, politics, security, immigration and trafficking in persons

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