The executive governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, has presented a total 2025 budget sum of ₦678.06 billion (N678, 068 767 332.18) to the Oyo state House of Assembly for legislative consideration and approval.
While capital expenditure as contained in the budget takes 51 percent of the total budget, recurrent expenditure stands at 49 percent.
The governor, in his address before presentation on Wednesday, November 13, tagged the 2025 budget “Budget of Economic Stabilization”.
According to the budget estimate, N343 billion was appropriated for capital expenditure, which represents 50.59 percent of the total budget, while N335 billion naira budgeted for recurrent expenditure represents 49.4 percent of the total budget.
Makinde said N152 billion has been appropriated for the infrastructural development of the state, which he noted took the largest percentage of the budget with 22.4 percent.
Also, education received N145 billion, which represents 21 percent of the total budget. Health got N59 billion, which represents 9 percent while agriculture got N18 billion, representing 3 percent of the budget.
The governor added that the 2025 budget proposal represents 35 percent increase compared to the 2024.
