{"id":80800,"date":"2025-12-24T06:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80800"},"modified":"2025-12-24T06:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:21:34","slug":"tinubus-%e2%82%a658-18-trillion-budget-charts-new-path-for-growth-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/24\/tinubus-%e2%82%a658-18-trillion-budget-charts-new-path-for-growth-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s \u20a658.18 Trillion Budget Charts New Path for Growth, Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has presented the \u20a658.18 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, signalling a focus on economic renewal, digital transformation, and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>The budget projects revenues of \u20a634.33 trillion and capital expenditure of \u20a626.08 trillion, with fiscal assumptions including crude oil at $64.85 per barrel, daily production of 1.84 million barrels, and an exchange rate of \u20a61,400 to the dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the plan balances prudence with the opportunity to position Nigeria as a continental leader in digital innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Experts highlight 2026 as a defining year for digital acceleration, with AI, digital currencies, and cybersecurity shaping global competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>They stress that success will depend on aligning spending with a clear digital and innovation agenda to transition Nigeria from a resource-based to a knowledge-driven economy.<\/p>\n<p>Observers caution that while the budget is pragmatically framed, ambition and strategic implementation will be key to unlocking Nigeria\u2019s potential in the 21st century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has presented the \u20a658.18 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, signalling a focus on economic renewal, digital transformation, and sustainable growth. The budget projects revenues of \u20a634.33 trillion and capital expenditure of \u20a626.08 trillion, with fiscal assumptions including crude oil at $64.85 per barrel, daily production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":80801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-80800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80800","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=80800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80802,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80800\/revisions\/80802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}