President Bola Tinubu presents the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal, aiming for a significant decrease in inflation from 34.6% to 15% and a more stable exchange rate.
President Bola Tinubu has declared that the 2025 budget anticipates a decrease in inflation from the current rate of 34.6 percent to 15 percent next year. He spoke while presenting the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The President also projected that the exchange rate would improve from around N1,700 per dollar to N1,500. The budget projects inflation will decline from the current rate of 34.
6% to 15% next year while the exchange rate will improve from approximately N1,700 per dollar to N1,500, with a base crude oil production assumption of about 2.06 to 2.5 million barrels per day. Tinubu explained that the budget projections are based on factors such as reducing petroleum products importation, increasing the export of finished petroleum products, achieving bumper harvests due to enhanced security, and decreasing reliance on food imports, among others. Tinubu highlighted key allocations in the budget, including N4.91 trillion for defence and security, N4.06 trillion for infrastructure, N2.4 trillion for health, and N3.5 trillion for education, among others. Nigerians are currently facing economic challenges due to the persistent rise in inflation and a volatile exchange rate, with the dollar reaching as high as N1,700 in recent days. On Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 34.60 percent in November 2024, up from 33.88 percent in October 2024
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