LABOUR Party’s presidential standard-bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Gregory Obi, has raised concerns over the exclusion of the North Central Regional Commission from the budgetary allocations in the proposed 2025 budget.
Obi described the omission as “deeply troubling” even as he called for its immediate reversal to promote even development and peace across Nigeria.
According to the former Anambra State governor, “the exclusion of the North Central Regional Commission from the budgetary allocations provided to other regional commissions in the 2025 proposed budget is deeply troubling and must be urgently reversed. Such an anomaly does not make for the even development and peace that is needed for progress in the country”.
Regarding what was allocated, He wrote that “a total of N2.493 trillion has been allocated to five regional development commissions, with the North Central Regional Commission glaringly omitted.
“The North Central region requires special attention due to the severe challenges it faces today. Relentless terror attacks and banditry in Plateau, Benue, Kogi, and Niger states have caused immense suffering, resulting in significant loss of lives and forcing countless families into internally displaced persons (IDP) camps,” Obi stated.
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