Over the past two decades, Nigeria’s federal budgets have told a story of soaring expenditures, stagnant revenues, and an ever-growing reliance on borrowing. From Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 2007 to Bola Tinubu’s in 2025, the numbers reveal a troubling trend: while spending has surge
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