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While You Persevere

What the Federal Government approved, released and paid for while asking Nigerians to persevere.

This record covers vehicles, official residences, travel, intervention funds and public programmes. It separates budget approvals from releases, payments and recoveries.

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The money, by status

These figures show different stages of public spending. We have not combined them into one total.

Paid

₦27.17bn17 published matters are backed by Treasury records that identify vendors or direct beneficiaries.

Released

₦53.01bnThe money went to government transit accounts. The records do not identify the final recipients.

Reported distributed

₦90bnNAHCON says it distributed this amount as support for the 2024 Hajj. A full list of beneficiaries is not public.

Reported recovered

₦32.7bn + US$445,000The EFCC reported this recovery during its investigation of the Humanitarian Ministry.

The table also contains 50 enacted allocations. We have not added them because annual votes and their project lines may overlap.

Approved, released and paid

This section shows budget allocations, procurement plans, releases and payments. Read the status before comparing any two amounts.

Cars, aircraft and official travel

Official vehicles, foreign trips, the Presidential Air Fleet and the proposed presidential yacht.

Presidential comfort and State House upkeep

Residences, offices, electricity, wildlife, repairs and recurring operating costs.

The First Lady and Renewed Hope Initiative

Foreign travel, events, media services and federal allocations linked to the initiative.

  • First Lady foreign travel

    Multiple institutions2023, 2024

    Released

    ₦77.66m–₦202.39m

    Released
    Foreign exchange for First Lady trip to the United States
    ₦77.66m
    Released
    Foreign exchange for First Lady trip to Addis Ababa
    ₦144.57m
    Released
    Foreign exchange for First Lady trip to London
    ₦126.30m
    Released
    Foreign exchange for First Lady trip to Mozambique
    ₦202.39m
    Released
    Foreign exchange for First Lady trip to France
    ₦149.79m

    Sources

    • State House Operations - President transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT
    • State House HQ transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT

  • First Lady programmes and events

    Multiple institutions2023, 2024

    Released · Paid

    ₦8.74m–₦131.92m

    Released
    Multimedia services for First Lady programmes
    ₦107.63m
    Paid
    Full-scale decoration for First Lady programmes
    ₦131.92m
    Paid
    Additional services for First Lady-hosted 2023 children's Christmas party
    ₦8.74m
    Released
    Three-day First Lady event production services
    ₦23.65m

    Sources

    • State House HQ transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT
    • State House Operations - Vice President transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT

  • Renewed Hope Initiative, 2025

    Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security2025

    Allocated

    ₦681.06m–₦5bn

    Allocated
    2025 Renewed Hope Initiative project
    ₦5.00bn
    Allocated
    2025 Renewed Hope Initiative food and nutrition programme
    ₦681.06m

    Source

  • Renewed Hope Initiative, 2026

    Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security2026

    Allocated

    ₦476.74m–₦3.5bn

    Allocated
    2026 Renewed Hope Initiative project
    ₦3.50bn
    Allocated
    2026 Renewed Hope Initiative food and nutrition programme
    ₦476.74m

    Sources

National Assembly privileges and insertions

Vehicles, Hajj and Umrah services, support allowances and projects inserted into federal budgets.

  • National Assembly Hajj and Umrah services

    National Hajj Commission of Nigeria2025

    Paid

    ₦265.51m–₦987.85m

    Paid
    Hajj and Umrah VIP and consular service for National Assembly foreign-affairs committee members
    ₦987.85m gross
    Paid
    Hajj and Umrah service for Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
    ₦265.51m gross

    Source

    • National Hajj Commission transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT

  • House of Representatives and NCPC visit to Rome and Israel

    Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission2025

    Paid

    ₦498.89m

    Source

    • Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission transaction export 29 May 2023 to 20 September 2026GovSpend by BudgIT

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission

Diaspora programmes and official events paid for with public funds.

Projects outside the paying agency’s role

Public works routed through unrelated institutions, and personal benefits questioned by the Auditor-General.

Opaque funds and programmes

Intervention funds, power reform, digital systems, publicity, consultancy and votes with little detail.

Subsidies and welfare

Hajj support, welfare programmes and allowances in federal records.

Findings, investigations and recoveries

This section contains court findings, watchdog reviews, investigations and reported recoveries. They are not additional spending.

National Assembly privileges and insertions

Vehicles, Hajj and Umrah services, support allowances and projects inserted into federal budgets.

Projects outside the paying agency’s role

Public works routed through unrelated institutions, and personal benefits questioned by the Auditor-General.

Opaque funds and programmes

Intervention funds, power reform, digital systems, publicity, consultancy and votes with little detail.

Humanitarian Ministry investigation

An unexecuted payment instruction, reported recoveries and an unresolved House inquiry.

Approved is not paid.

A budget allocation is not the same as a release, payment or recovery. We excluded 11 records because they overlap with stronger records, require more reconciliation or do not yet show that money was released or paid. They are not part of the figures on this page.