States receive N1.6tn from FG for Infrastructure development

 

State governments and the Federal Capital Territory received a total sum of N1.6tn from the Federal Government between March 2024 and May 2025 as financial support for infrastructure and security projects, official records from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have shown.

The disbursement, which spanned over 15 months, was aimed at bolstering infrastructure development and strengthening security operations at the subnational level, as part of ongoing efforts to address widespread insecurity and bridge critical infrastructure gaps across the country.

These details were contained in internal documents from the OAGF, submitted at the May 2025 Federal Accounts Allocation Committee meeting, obtained on Sunday.

During the meeting, the committee distributed a total of N1.659tn to the Federal Government, state governments, and local councils, a decrease of N22bn compared to the N1.681tn shared in April.

The disbursements were made under a special intervention programme funded through non-oil revenue savings, as part of efforts to ease fiscal pressure on subnational governments and accelerate project execution at the grassroots.

The document, titled “Ledger of Savings on Intervention to States Infrastructure and Security,” showed that the payments were drawn from non-oil revenue savings, totalling N1.7tn within the 15 months.