The Federal Government has announced its plans to allocate funds in the 2025 budget based on a thorough needs assessment, prioritising essential projects and agencies.
It said it will ensure that funding allocated to agencies is based on actual requirements.
Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this while speaking to journalists after a one-day fact-finding tour of government agencies under the State House, emphasising the need for prioritisation given the limited resources available.
Gbajabiamila questioned the current funding and performance of various agencies, considering their mandates and relevance to the administration’s vision and the Renewed Hope Agenda.
He hinted at the possibility of merging or scrapping underperforming agencies to optimize resources.
”In any country in the world, resources are limited. For us it is about prioritizing. Where are we so far? What have the agencies done? How have they measured up to their mandates and how important are their mandates in terms of the vision of this administration and the Renewed Hope Agenda?
”A lot of agencies are not properly funded. Do we merge some of these agencies, do we scrap some? I’m not talking about the State House agencies.
”In 2025 we are not going to budget in a vacuum. We will budget based on needs assessment,” he said.
