The National Assembly has stepped down the 2025 budget proposal for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation due to concerns over inadequate funding.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Senator Kenneth Eze, disclosed this in a video shared on X on Tuesday during the ministry’s budget defense.
According to Senator Eze, the proposed budget allocation for the ministry is insufficient and amounts to a “national embarrassment.”
“The budget is nothing to write home about. It is more like a national embarrassment to give the ministry what is being budgeted for,” he stated.
Supporting the decision, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan emphasized the need for a review, noting that the current funding proposal is inadequate.
“I second the stepping down of the 2025 budget for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation because the funding as presented is inadequate.
We also summon the Minister of Information and National Orientation for further review,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Senate has summoned the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, to provide further clarification on the ministry’s budget.
This development comes as the Senate suspended plenary for two weeks to deliberate on the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget proposal.
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