The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved an extension of the implementation period for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act from September 30, 2026, to December 31, 2026, to allow more time for ongoing projects and government programmes to be completed.
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The extension was approved during plenary after senators considered the amendment bill clause by clause and passed it, keeping the capital aspect of the 2025 budget active until the end of December.
The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District.
Bamidele said the extension was needed because the implementation of several capital projects under the 2025 budget had not reached the expected level, despite funds having been released to ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
He explained that allowing the implementation period to continue would give government agencies additional time to complete projects and make use of funds already provided for approved capital programmes.
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The latest decision is the fourth adjustment to the implementation timeline of the 2025 capital budget. The National Assembly had earlier extended the deadline from the original end of 2025 to March 31, 2026. It was later moved to June 30 and then to September 30.
With the new approval, ministries, departments and agencies now have until December 31 to continue work on projects covered by the 2025 capital budget and meet related financial and contractual obligations.
The Senate’s action came on the same day the House of Representatives also approved an extension of the 2025 capital budget implementation period to December 31, 2026.
The repeated extensions have been linked by lawmakers to the need to give government agencies more time to execute ongoing capital projects and utilise funds already released.
The latest extension therefore allows the Federal Government to continue implementing capital projects under the 2025 Appropriation Act for another three months beyond the previous September 30 deadline.
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