Why Tinubu Failed To Fund Three Years Budget – NDC

The Nigeria Democratic Congress National Campaign Council (NDC-NCC), has said the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s enormous expenditure on campaign propaganda, political advertisements and politically motivated largesse may well explain why President Bola Tinubu’s government failed to adequately fund critical sectors of the economy in the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years, and why the 2026 budget has gone into voice mail.

The NDC-NCC Spokesperson, Dr Chiogo Constance Ikokwu in a statement said after taking note of the barrage of advertisements, countless gifts, donations, vehicles, laptops, sewing machines, food items and other forms of largesse distributed by various groups and individuals claiming to be standing on the mandate of Mr President, the party cannot help but draw an unsettling conclusion about the administration’s spending priorities.

She observed that Nigerians are naturally wondering how an administration with so much money from removal of fuel subsidy accruals and high taxation has jettisoned funding critical social and physical infrastructure cum welfare of the greatest number of Nigerians.

Ikokwu noted that, “at the same time, the APC has devoted humongous money for campaign publicity and political patronage. For instance, despite the palpable insecurity confronting the nation, only about 7 per cent of the Defence Capital Budget was reportedly released in 2025.

“Even more disturbing was when the Minister of Health reported that only ₦36 million out of the ₦218 billion allocated to Health Capital expenditure was released in the same 2025.

“Most worrisome is that most State Governments especially those coerced into APC have scant records of budget funding like their master, but have surplus for campaign propaganda.”

This she said raised fundamental questions about the Tinubu administration’s priorities. How can a government with money from fuel subsidy removal, high taxation, one week, new loan requests, plead paucity of funds when it comes to national security, healthcare, education, federal roads and the welfare of ordinary Nigerians?

Accordingly, she stated that the government’s gross misplacement of priorities, compounded by decaying infrastructure and poor governance, is the reason the country is witnessing an increase in political intimidation and violence, to discourage and scare voters from coming out to vote in the January 2027 elections.

“The NDC warns that no amount of propaganda, political patronage or intimidation can permanently conceal the consequences of poor governance. The Obi/Kwankwaso administration will be accountable; will fund public services and move the country from consumption to production.

“The NDC therefore challenges the Tinubu administration to explain its budgetary priorities and demonstrate, with verifiable figures, how much has actually been released for critical capital projects and administrative subventions in 2024, 2025 and 2026, as against the resources expended on political publicity and patronage by sundry characters.”