Every year, Nigeria’s budget promises change.

But what we receive is delay, denial, and decay.

We are told the country is poor — but the figures on paper say otherwise. So where’s the disconnect?

🏗️ The “Projects” That Never Exist

Too many “developments” exist only on paper:

A ₦500 million stadium in a town with no secondary school.
Rehabilitation centers for ex-insurgents — that no one can physically locate.
Billions spent on power — but entire communities remain dark.

This is not development. It is a carefully rehearsed drama that repeats every fiscal year.

📉 When the Budget Becomes a Tool for Corruption

The problem isn’t budgeting — it’s what happens after.

Ghost projects are slipped into federal documents.
Funds are awarded to loyalists or shell companies.
Communities never see the result — but the money is always “fully disbursed.”

🧠 The Real Enemy: Misplaced Priorities

It’s not lack of money that keeps Nigerians poor.

It’s the fact that money is intentionally misused while distractions dominate the headlines.

We don’t need more committees.

Until we stop treating the budget like a ritual and start seeing it as a tool, we will keep walking in circles.

Public money is meant for the public.

But today, it’s become a private game — played behind closed doors.

Let’s open those doors.

Nigeria #Budget #Governance #CivicVoices #KonnectAfrica

— From the heart of Lucky

Public Money, Private Games: How Nigeria’s Budget Cheats the People