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2026 Appropriation Act

Where the money goes

The National Assembly appropriated ₦68.32 trillion for 2026, and the President signed it on 17 April 2026. Here is what each ministry and office was given, from the Act itself.

  • ₦32.20 trillionCapital (Development Fund)
  • ₦15.80 trillionDebt service
  • ₦15.40 trillionRecurrent, non-debt
  • ₦4.80 trillionStatutory transfers

Headline figures: report of the assent. Line figures: the Act, Budget Office of the Federation.

By ministry and office

own spending, largest first
  1. Federal Ministry of Works₦3.59 trillion p.1523
  2. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security₦3.57 trillion p.514
  3. Ministry of Defence₦3.16 trillion p.67
  4. Federal Ministry of Education₦2.56 trillion p.1848
  5. Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare₦2.51 trillion p.2269
  6. Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology₦1.93 trillion p.1138
  7. Ministry of Regional Development
Olayemi CardosoOla OlukoyedeMusa Adamu AliyuJoash AmupitanHafsat Abubakar BakariAnthony OjukwuMohammed Bello ShehuVacant seatFemi GbajabiamilaHashimu Salihu ArgunguAyo Hulayat OmidiranBashir AbubakarShaakaa Kanyitor ChiraNasir Isa KwarraTunji OlaopaGeorge AkumeAdebowale AdedokunNuhu RibaduAbel Olumuyiwa EnitanNyesom WikeJoseph Olasunkanmi TegbeShuaibu Abubakar AuduDavid UmahiAyodele OlawandeAbubakar Atiku BaguduMuhammad Ali PateMuhammadu Maigari DingyadiAdegboyega OyetolaChristopher Gwabin MusaTaiwo OyedeleMuttaqa Rabe DarmaLateef Olasunkanmi FagbemiKingsley T. UdehFestus KeyamoJumoke OduwoleOlubunmi Tunji-OjoMaruf Tunji AlausaIdi Mukhtar MaihaBola Ahmed TinubuAbubakar KyariBalarabe Abbas LawalMohammed IdrisImaan Sulaiman-IbrahimBosun TijaniIbrahim GaidamOladele Henry AlakeZephaniah Bitrus JisaloSa'idu AlkaliBianca Odumegwu-OjukwuJoseph Terlumun UtsevHannatu Musa MusawaBernard M. DoroAbubakar MomohKudirat Kekere-EkunKudirat Kekere-EkunMonica Dongban-MensemJohn TsohoMainasara Umar KogoJUDICIALLEGISLATIVEEXECUTIVEFECNATIONAL ASSEMBLYPRESIDENCYFEDERAL BODIESMINISTRIESAbuja, Federal Capital TerritoryPeople of Nigeria
Key

Entities

Relationships

ElectsAppointsConfirmsOverseesChairs
₦1.35 trillion p.1799
  • Ministry of Police Affairs₦1.33 trillion p.358
  • Federal Ministry of Power₦1.13 trillion p.1438
  • Federal Ministry of Finance₦869 billion p.924
  • Ministry of Interior₦724 billion p.322
  • Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment₦677 billion p.1006
  • Office of the National Security Adviser₦664 billion p.379
  • Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation₦630 billion p.1638
  • The Presidency₦535 billion p.32
  • Ministry of Youth Development₦518 billion p.1809
  • Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction₦497 billion p.2590
  • FCT Administration₦461 billion p.1797
  • Federal Ministry of Transportation₦458 billion p.1369
  • Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning₦458 billion p.939
  • Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation₦382 billion p.399
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs₦358 billion p.111
  • Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy₦213 billion p.1390
  • Ministry of Livestock Development₦178 billion p.481
  • Federal Ministry of Environment₦176 billion p.2522
  • Federal Ministry of Women Affairs₦169 billion p.1828
  • Ministry of Solid Minerals Development₦157 billion p.1507
  • Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment₦157 billion p.972
  • Federal Ministry of Justice₦151 billion p.1775
  • Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development₦145 billion p.1603
  • Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation₦120 billion p.261
  • Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy₦92.3 billion p.314
  • Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development₦87.3 billion p.1427
  • Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy₦85.6 billion p.373
  • Ministry of Petroleum Resources₦73.2 billion p.1485
  • National Population Commission₦32.0 billion p.2586
  • Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation₦27.0 billion p.338
  • Ministry of Steel Development₦22.1 billion p.1493
  • Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission₦21.1 billion p.1794
  • Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation₦15.9 billion p.354
  • Code of Conduct Bureau₦15.7 billion p.2618
  • Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs₦14.4 billion p.472
  • Federal Character Commission₦6.53 billion p.2624
  • Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission₦4.71 billion p.2633
  • Federal Civil Service Commission₦2.60 billion p.2627
  • Police Service Commission₦2.40 billion p.2630
  • Code of Conduct Tribunal₦2.37 billion p.2621

    • Not counted against any ministry: ₦15.81 trillion (Debt service, paid through the Debt Management Office); ₦12.83 trillion (Service-Wide Vote, spent across all of government). The National Assembly, the judiciary and INEC are funded by statutory transfers, outside these lines. Where the Act prints no total for a ministry, the figure is the sum of its lines.