{"id":66258,"date":"2025-05-22T03:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66258"},"modified":"2025-05-22T03:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:49:55","slug":"wike-unveils-n1-78-trillion-budget-to-drive-abujas-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/22\/wike-unveils-n1-78-trillion-budget-to-drive-abujas-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Unveils N1.78 Trillion Budget to Drive Abuja\u2019s Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday presented a bold N1.78 trillion budget for 2025, dedicating a significant 72 percent to capital projects aimed at accelerating the infrastructural transformation of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The budget, which drew resounding praise from both Senators and House members, projects N608 billion in Internally Generated Revenue and reflects a sharp focus on development while maintaining lean recurrent spending.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ibrahim Bomai hailed the document as one of the best in the FCT\u2019s history, a sentiment echoed by other lawmakers including Senators Abdul Ningi, Ali Ndume, Adams Oshiomhole, and Ireti Kingibe, who commended Wike for prioritizing infrastructure and reducing personnel costs.<\/p>\n<p>Wike, calling for swift legislative approval, assured continued progress under President Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda, stating that the budget was designed to consolidate on gains already made and deliver lasting impact for residents of the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday presented a bold N1.78 trillion budget for 2025, dedicating a significant 72 percent to capital projects aimed at accelerating the infrastructural transformation of Abuja. The budget, which drew resounding praise from both Senators and House members, projects N608 billion in Internally Generated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66260,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66258\/revisions\/66260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}