2027 budget to be ready before end of December – FG

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA — THE MINISTER of State for Budget, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, on Wednesday assured that the 2027 budget will be ready for presentation before the end of 2026 to allow for legislative consideration ahead of the new fiscal year.

The Minister disclosed while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“We are working on the 2027 budget, and our intention is to present it before the end of the year,” Uzoka-Anite said.

The planned timeline is expected to give the National Assembly an opportunity to scrutinise the propos...