Nigeria, June 20 -- The 2025 budget of Rivers State emergency administration has been increased by N365 billion, raising the total estimate from the initial N1.48 trillion proposed by President Bola Tinubu to N1.846 trillion

The Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, disclosed this on Thursday while defending the revised budget before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee tasked with oversight of the emergency rule in the state.

President Tinubu had initially transmitted the N1.48 trillion budget proposal to the National Assembly on 22 May, requesting legislative approval to address critical development areas such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, and agriculture.

In the letter transmitting the document, the president explained that, when im...