House Of Reps Orders Finance Minister To Withdraw Operational Process For 2025 Budget
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation has issued a strict ultimatum to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, directing him to withdraw the operational process for implementing the 2025 national budget.
In a letter titled “Transmission of Resolution on Withdrawal of Operations Process for Year 2025 Budget,” sighted exclusively by our correspondent, the Committee asked that the document, officially named “Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget,” be withdrawn no later than Friday, September 12, 2025. Lawmakers also instructed the minister to formally notify all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the directive.
Signed by the Committee Chairman, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, the letter followed a rowdy joint session on Wednesday between the Committee, Minister 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titled ‘Operational Process for the Implementation of Year 2025 Budget’ (pages 7, 8 attached) should be formally withdrawn not later than Friday, 12th September 2025, with due notification to all MDAs,” the letter stated.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 Committee emphasized that the two pages in question are inconsistent with the established appropriation framework and directed the minister to acknowledge receipt of the resolution and confirm compliance.
Efforts to obtain a reaction from the Finance Ministry proved unsuccessful. Mohammed Manga, Director of Information, said the document had been sent to the relevant authority for response, while Dr. Ogho Okiti, Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, promised a follow-up that did not materialize before publication.
The development comes amid the federal government’s ongoing nationwide sensitization on the 2025 budget, aimed at creating awareness of the government’s fiscal priorities. Wednesday’s tense session highlighted growing tensions between the Ministry of Finance and lawmakers over budgetary control and implementation guidelines.
