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FY 2020–2025 · Federal & All 36 State Budget Data · MTEF Verified

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Nigeria's ₦28.7 trillion federal budget — and every state budget — translated into what it means per citizen, with every gap made visible.

₦47.9tn2025 federal budget
₦207,360Budget per citizen (2025)
₦5,800Health share per citizen
69%Revenue to debt service 2024

Module 1

Your share of the budget

Choose federal or state view, select your state, and see exactly what was allocated to you.



Module 3

Year-on-year federal comparison

Select any two years and see exactly how key fiscal metrics shifted.

Sources: Budget Office of the Federation · CBN Annual Reports · NBS GDP Reports


Module 4

State budget, revenue & disbursement

Select any state to see its five-year budget approved versus revenue received versus actual disbursement — and what that means per citizen.

Select a state above to see its budget, revenue, and disbursement data across 2020–2024.

Sources: State Appropriation Laws 2020–2024 · FAAC monthly distribution tables (CBN) · State Auditor-General Reports · OAGF state transfer records · NBS State Population Projections


Module 5

Federal ministry spending tracker

Approved allocation, actual release, verified spending — and the gap. Every number cites its source.

How the 2024 federal budget is divided — every naira, including the ₦7.1 trillion borrowed to fund the deficit. Each slice shows the ministry percentage and what it means per citizen.

2024 budget allocation by ministry (%)
The borrowing reality: Of your ₦207,360 per capita 2025 budget share, ₦39,913 (19.2%) is planned new borrowing — debt that future Nigerians will repay. Nigeria borrowed ₦9.05 trillion in 2024 to fund the gap between revenue (₦19.35tn) and expenditure (₦35.06tn). Debt servicing alone consumed ₦13.35 trillion in 2024 — more than health, education, and infrastructure combined.
Ministry Approved ₦bn Released ₦bn Spent ₦bn Per citizen Release rate Status

Sources: BOF Appropriation Act 2024 · OAGF e-payment portal Q3 2024 · Auditor-General Report 2023


Module 6

Compare three states

Where you live determines what you receive. Compare FAAC, IGR, state budgets, and delivery gaps side by side.

Sources: CBN Statistical Bulletin 2024 · FAAC distribution tables · NBS State Population Projections


Module 7

Contractor visibility

Federal contracts drawn from NEITI audit reports, BOF Appropriation Act 2024, and BPP published awards. All values in billions of naira (₦bn).

Data note: Full real-time contractor data requires BPP API access which CitizenBudget.ng is actively seeking. Verify and report contracts at bpp.gov.ng

Sources: Bureau of Public Procurement database · NEITI audit reports 2023 · OAGF payment records


Module 8

The fiscal cost of insecurity

When farmers cannot reach their land, it is a fiscal event — not just a security failure.

Sources: ACLED Nigeria Dataset 2024 · NBS Labour Force Survey · FAO Agricultural Production Estimates


How Nigeria's money works

Learn before you demand

Five plain-language explainers. No economics degree required.

01
What the federal budget actually is
Where the money comes from, who decides, and why the announced number is not what it appears.
02
What FAAC is and why your state matters
How oil revenue is shared between federal, state, and local governments — and why Lagos and Kebbi live in different fiscal realities.
03
Why Nigeria's GDP understates the economy
The production approach misses agriculture, remittances, and digital work. Here is what that costs in policy terms.
04
How to read a budget line and spot a gap
What approved, released, and spent mean — and how to find where the money stops moving.
05
Five questions to ask every candidate before 2027
Specific, unanswerable budget questions every Nigerian voter should demand answers to before casting a ballot in 2027.
06
Nigeria's GDP — ten years of growth and what citizens actually felt
Nominal GDP rose. Oil revenue flowed. Peers like Ghana and Kenya pulled ahead. Here is the full picture of what happened to Nigeria's economy between 2015 and 2024 — and why the number on paper never matched the life on the ground.
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