Nigeria, May 22 -- BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation focused on budget transparency and accountability across Africa, said it has uncovered how federal lawmakers inserted N6.93 trillion worth of projects in Nigeria's 2025 national budget.

In an 18-page report released on Tuesday, the organisation indicated that the National Assembly included 11,122 projects representing 12.5 per cent of the N54.99 trillion signed budget without adequate justification or alignment with national development goals.

President Bola Tinubu initially presented a proposed budget of N49.7 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly in December 2024.

The document, tagged the "Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Pro...