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- Lagos, Rivers, and two other states have budgets exceeding N1 trillion in 2025
- Seven states have budgets between N701 billion and N1 trillion, 25 others budgeted N700 billion or less in 2025
- The South West region has the highest budget in 2025 with N6.61 trillion
The 2025 budget of four states in Nigeria, which are Lagos, Rivers, Niger, and Ogun, exceeds N1 trillion, while seven states budgeted between N701 billion and N1 trillion in 2025.
This is according to data gathered from states’ websites and media sources, and compiled by Agora Policy, an Abuja-based think tank, shared on its official X handle recently.
The data shows that 15 states in Nigeria have budgets ranging from N500 billion to N700 billion and 10 states budgeted less than N500 billion.
According to the data, the 36 states in Nigeria have a combined budget of N26.46 trillion, which is less than half of the country’s 2025 budget of N54.2 trillion.
It further showed that Lagos leads as the state with the highest budget of N3.37 trillion in 2025, followed by Rivers with a budget of N1.19 trillion.
Niger State’s budget in 2025 is N1.56 trillion and Ogun has a budget of N1.05 trillion, completing the list of the four states with budgets exceeding N1 trillion in 2025.
States with budgets between N701 billion and N1 trillion
The data further showed that the seven states with budgets between N701 billion and N1 trillion in 2025 include Enugu with N971 billion, Akwa Ibom with N955 billion, and Delta with N936 billion.
Others are Kaduna with N790 billion, Imo with N756 billion, Abia with N750 billion, and Kano with N720 billion.
15 states budgeted between N500 billion and N700 billion in 2025
According to the data, the 2025 budget of 15 states ranges from N500 billion and N700 billion. They include; Bayelsa with N700 billion, Ondo with N699 billion, Jigawa with N698 billion, and Katsina with N692 billion.
Others are Oyo with N684 billion, Edo with N675 billion, Borno with N616 billion, Anambra with N607 trillion, Kogi with 582 billion, Kebbi with N580 billion, and Benue with N550 billion.
Also on the list are Zamfara with N546 billion, Kwara with N540 billion, Cross River with N539 billion, and Sokoto with N527 billion.
States with less than N500 billion in 2025 budget
Ten of Nigeria’s 36 states budgeted less than N500 billion in 2025. These states include; Adamawa with a budget of N480 billion, followed by Plateau with N471 billion, Bauchi with N467 billion, Ebonyi with N445 billion, Taraba with N430 billion, Osun with N420 billion.
Others are Nasarawa with a budget of N382 billion, Ekiti with N376 billion, Gombe with N330 billion, and Yobe with N321 billion.
2025 budget analysis by geopolitical zones
An analysis of the data by geo-political zones shows that the South West region has the highest 2025 budget of N6.61 trillion.
It is followed by the South-South region, which has a total budget of N4.99 trillion from the six states in the region.
The North West region follows closely with a total budget of N4.55 trillion, while the North Central region has a combined budget of N4.09 trillion in 2025.
The South East region comes fifth with a combined budget of N3.53 trillion in 2025 from five of the states in the region, while the North East region trails behind with a budget of N2.69 trillion in 2025.
13 Nigerian states allocate N3.87trn for recurrent expenditure in 2025 budget
Meanwhile, TheRadar earlier reported that in their proposed budgets for the 2025 fiscal year, 13 Nigerian states earmarked approximately N3.87 trillion for recurrent expenditures.
The total proposed budget for these 13 states in 2025 is N9.07 trillion, with N3.87 trillion allocated for recurrent expenditures, which represent the ongoing costs of running the government and providing essential services.
