The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation has issued an ultimatum to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to withdraw the operational process for implementing the 2025 national budget.
In an exclusive letter sighted by LEADERSHIP, the Committee directed that the document titled “Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget” be withdrawn not later than Friday, September 12, 2025.
The lawmakers also asked the minister to formally notify all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the decision.
The letter, signed by the Committee Chairman, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, was titled “Transmission of Resolution on Withdrawal of Operations Process for Year 2025 Budget.” It followed a rowdy joint session held on Wednesday between the Committee, Edun, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, the Director-General of the Budget Office, and the Accountant-General of the Federation.
“At the session, the Committee unanimously resolved — with your concurrence — that the document titled ‘Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget’ (pages 7, 8 attached) should be formally withdrawn not later than Friday, 12th September 2025, with due notification to all MDAs,” the letter stated.
The lawmakers insisted on removing the two pages from the budget document, arguing that the process outlined was inconsistent with the established appropriation framework. They further directed the minister to acknowledge receipt of the resolution and confirm compliance.
When LEADERSHIP contacted both the director of information at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Manga, and the special adviser to the Minister on media, Dr. Ogho Okiti, for the minister’s reaction, they could not react to the issue. While Manga said the document had been sent to the right person for reaction, Okiti said he would get back to us. None of them could return with a response by the time this report was filed last night.
The development comes against the federal government’s ongoing nationwide sensitisation for the 2025 budget. The finance and budget ministries have spearheaded the sensitisation exercise to create stakeholders’ awareness of the government’s fiscal priorities.
Wednesday’s heated engagement between Minister Edun and members of the House Appropriation Committee had highlighted deepening tensions over budgetary control and implementation guidelines.
With the latest resolution, the lawmakers appear determined to assert parliamentary oversight of the execution of the 2025 fiscal plan.
