Group Queries FG’s Failure to Upload 2026 Budget, Issues 48-Hour Ultimatum
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
A leading civil society organisation, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), has queried the federal government’s failure to upload the 2026 budget on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation (BoF), 17 days after it was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu, in contravention of constitutional and statutory rights of Nigerian citizens.
In a statement signed by CSJ’s Lead Director, Eze Onyekpere, and made available to THISDAY, Monday, the organisation stated with regret what it described as “the continued grievous violation of the constitutional and statutory right of Nigerians to information on the details of the allocation and management of public expenditure and resources at the federal level”.
The statement, titled, “Where is the 2026 Federal Budget?” said from the scheme and trajectory of events, the denials were deliberate and targeted at frustrating the exercise of the right of Nigerians to participate and make informed input into the fiscal governance system.
