NIGERIA, Nov. 26 -- The 2026 budget, tagged "Budget of Actualization and Hope," is the highest since the state's creation in 1996.

Nearly 84 percent of the allocation is dedicated to infrastructure and economic development.

Also included in the budget is the state-owned cement factory project, estimated at 150 billion, which is expected to be funded through a loan.

Presenting the proposal during a civic engagement session at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, Governor Nwifuru described the budget as the most comprehensive since the state came into existence.

According to him, the unprecedented increase, from previous annual budgets that averaged about 89 billion to the new 884 billion proposal, is largely attributable to the ...