State budgets, big ambitions: Are Nigeria's governors finally getting serious about development?

State budgets, big ambitions: Are Nigeria’s governors finally getting serious about development?

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The season of budget speeches has begun, and Nigeria's governors are outdoing one another in a contest of trillion-naira ambition. Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo and several others have now laid their 2026 spending plans before their Houses of Assembly. On paper, these blueprints promise roads, classrooms

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