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Include Northeast in 2025 supplementary, 2026 budgets - Ndume begs Tinubu

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Sep 05, 2025

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Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Tinubu to initiate Special Priority Projects in the Northeast.

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Ndume appealed to Tinubu to include these projects aimed at developing the Northeast in the 2025 supplementary budget and the 2026 budget proposal.

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In a statement he signed, the former Senate Minority Leader said such a measure would address the crippling social and infrastructural challenges confronting the Northeast since terrorism has subsided in the region.

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Ndume's appeal comes amid the visit of Northeast governors to Tinubu on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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However, Ndume said: "Fifteen years down the line, there hasn't been any meaningful infrastructural development in the Northeast as it has been ravaged by the insurgents.

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"In view of this, I suggest that the present administration should give priority to the region and make provision for its urgent infrastructural needs in the 2025 supplementary budget.ÔÇØ

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