Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Various arms and departments of the Edo State Government violated the state's appropriation law by spending beyond approved budgetary sums, an official document shows.

A PREMIUM TIMES analysis of the fourth quarter 2025 Budget Performance Report (BPR) of the Edo State Government revealed a N14.15 billion extra-budgetary spending by the executive, legislature and judiciary, in what an anti-corruption group described as "fiscal failure."

From the governor's office to the legislature and the judiciary, the report shows that many expenditures were made outside legislative approval for capital projects, overheads and personnel costs, thus raising questions about fiscal discipline, legislative oversight and the credibility...