President Bola Tinubu has signed into law a fresh amendment extending implementation of the 2025 federal budget to 31st December 2026, giving Ministries, Departments and Agencies another three months to complete ongoing capital projects.
The President assented to the Appropriation (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill, 2025, following its passage by the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 29.
The latest amendment shifts the expiration of the 2025 budget from September 30 to December 31, effectively allowing implementation to continue until the end of the current calendar year.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the presidential assent in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to the Presidency, the extension is intended to prevent disruption to critical projects and programmes for which funds had already been appropriated.
It said the additional implementation period would give federal MDAs sufficient time to complete ongoing capital projects and ensure that appropriated funds are fully deployed for their intended purposes.
“The extension gives Ministries, Departments and Agencies more time to complete ongoing capital projects. It ensures that funds already appropriated are fully put to work for Nigerians, without disrupting critical programmes,” the statement said.
The extension is the latest adjustment to the lifespan of the 2025 appropriation, whose implementation has continued alongside the 2026 fiscal framework.
Earlier in April, Tinubu signed legislation extending implementation of the capital component of the 2025 budget from March 31 to June 30, with the Presidency saying at the time that the measure was designed to enable MDAs consolidate ongoing works and improve project completion rates.
The Federal Government has maintained that extensions to appropriation laws are backed by legislative authorisation and are intended to ensure the effective utilisation of funds already approved for projects and programmes.
Tinubu also commended the leadership and members of the National Assembly for what the Presidency described as their prompt consideration and passage of the amendment.
He said the speedy legislative action reflected continued cooperation between the Executive and the Legislature in addressing national priorities.
