According to the review, the State House headquarters plans to spend N1.989 billion on fuelling plants/generators.
A review of the 2025 proposed budget by SaharaReporters has shown that 44 ministries, departments and agencies sampled for this report plan to spend N14.205 billion on fuelling generators in the new year.
According to the review, the State House headquarters plans to spend N1.989 billion on fuelling plants/generators.
Further review shows that the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru plans to spend N14.007 million on fuelling plants/generators. The Bureau of Public Enterprises plans to spend N36.2 million, while the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has a budget of N1.195 billion for fuelling generators and plants.
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit budgeted N33.6 million for the same purpose while the Bureau of Public Procurement budgeted N30 million for it.
For the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the budget stood at N35.5 million while for the Nigeria Atomic Energy commission and its centres, the budget stood at N40 million.
The Nigeria Agricultural Land Development Authority aims to spend N30 million to fuel generators while the Ministry of Defence (headquarters) aims to spend N250 million on fuelling generators/plants.
The Defense Research and Development Bureau budget plans to spend N60.8 million on fuelling generators/plants while the Nigerian Army plans to spend N3.897 billion for the same purpose.
Other budgets for fuelling of plants/generators include Nigerian Navy, N235 million; National Hydrographic Agency, N20 million; Admiralty University of Nigeria, Ibusa, Delta State, N90 million; Nigerian Air Force, N19.9 million; Airforce Technology Institute, Kaduna, N13.3 million; Nigeria Defence Academy, N399.5 million; Nigerian Defence College, N337.4 million; Command and Staff College, Jaji, N181.5 million; Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Lagos, N26 million; and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (hqtrs), N567 million.
Other budgeted expenditures for generators and plants fuelling include Foreign Service Academy, N17.1 million, Auditor General’s Office, N200.5 million; Federal Civil Service Commission, N47.9 million; Federal Ministry of Police Affairs, N36.1 million; Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, N55 million; Nigeria Communications Satellite, N102 million; National Security Adviser, N182.9 million; Directorate of Security Services, N212 million; and National Institute for Security Studies, N200 million.
Other include National Intelligence Agency, N167 million; Presidential Air Fleets (State House), N207 million, National Centre for Control of Small Arms, N103.6 million; National Cybercrime Coordination Centre, and N91.9 million, Police Service Commission, N9.1 million.
The National Identity Management Commission also budgeted N82.3 million for the fuelling of generators, Federal Road Safety Commission, N2.5 billion; and National Hajj commission of Nigeria, N53 million.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, N160.3 million and the Federal Ministry of Finance (headquarters budgeted N250 million to fuel generators and plants).
The budget of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, N27.3 million; National Directorate of Employment, N23.1 million and Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, N30 million.
In total, 44 Agencies, Departments and Ministries plan to spend N14.205 billion on fuelling generators/plants in 2025.
This development comes amid electricity supply challenges in the country. Nigeria has continued to experience challenges in the electricity sector, especially with multiple grid failures in 2024.
In 2024, 12 electricity grid failures were recorded in the country.
