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Nigeria’s 2025 Budget: How Much Does a Streetlight Really Cost?

Nigeria’s 2025 budget has dropped, and the figures for streetlights alone are enough to make anyone do a double-take. With 1,477 streetlights allocated a jaw-dropping N393.29 billion, the average cost per light is about N266 million. For context, that’s not just expensive—it’s astronomical. Are they planning to install streetlights, or the sun itself

Let’s break down what else the National Assembly (NASS) deemed worthy of such astronomical funding:

538 Boreholes for N114.53 billion: Access to clean water is critical, but at roughly N213 million per borehole, one wonders about the scope and actual delivery of these projects.

2,122 ICT Projects costing N505.79 billion: Tech is vital for development, but this budget equates to nearly N238 million per ICT project. It’s unclear if these are small setups or mega ventures, but the figures invite scrutiny.

43 Community Town Halls at N17.23 billion: That’s N401 million per town hall—building community spaces or palaces?

561 Education Projects funded with N179.96 billion: Education is the backbone of growth, yet N320 million per project begs the question of efficiency and real impact.

319 Health Projects with N420.09 billion: Health is crucial, but that’s over N1.3 billion per project, raising eyebrows on fund management.

32 Traditional Ruler Empowerment Projects costing N6.74 billion: Supporting traditional leadership is important, but N210 million each? Are rulers getting special perks or grand palaces?

1,380 Road Projects with N1.44 trillion: Roads are essential infrastructure, but that’s about N1.04 billion per road project. We must ask—what defines a project here? Could these figures actually transform Nigeria’s roads or just line pockets?

24 Security Vehicles costing N11.7 billion :Security is a must, but nearly N488 million per vehicle? Even armored cars don’t cost that much.

What Does This Tell Us?

The 2025 budget’s allocations raise serious questions about priorities and financial stewardship. With per-unit costs so inflated, it’s hard to avoid suspicion about waste, inefficiency, or worse—embezzlement.

Is NASS genuinely committed to lighting up Nigeria, or are these figures a glaring example of budget padding and mismanagement? The country deserves transparency, accountability, and realistic budgeting—not sky-high numbers that suggest the streetlights might be solar systems or the sun itself.

Conclusion

Nigeria needs smart investments, not grand illusions of development funded by absurdly inflated budgets. The people are watching, and it’s time for the National Assembly to shed light on these numbers—before the entire budget becomes just a costly shadow play.

https://medium.com/@FromLagosto/nigerias-2025-budget-how-much-does-a-streetlight-really-cost-374bdae441ec

Business as usual for the wicked. They just eating and creating time-buying contents towards 2027 when they will be reelected.

People now buy solar streets lights for residential use like it is cooking pot. That same light ooo.

Who have we offended?

Why do these people always take Nigerians for granted? Is this how they see us? Chai!

Which one is "traditional ruler empowerment"?

Budget of criminality for looters and criminals

Those screaming online obi will never rule are giving paltry sum of 20k while the jackals eat their future and that of their children's.

They know nothing will happen to them that I/diotick people like hellianus would still support them, regardless of whatever they do

Are the streetlights going to light up the whole world

Those who would swallow the money are in jubilation mood already . They would erect a few and be commissioning and celebrating it on print, social and electronic media every minute, like the several kms of the coastal road with only 30km completed which they recently commissionied .

Tinubu alooter

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Something that can be done with 10m highest

BlackViper:
https://medium.com/@FromLagosto/nigerias-2025-budget-how-much-does-a-streetlight-really-cost-374bdae441ec

That's like 266meters for 1. Ok make we comot logistics and labour fees. 1 street light no suppose reach 100meters na. This thing dey pain me😭

Tinubu is a 5 Star general went it comes to stealing

Reno should go and inspect all the street lights to show us that it is complete

E go sup one day. Where are the defenders of the imaginary Tinubu regime. Una go learn new thing.

Tinubu and his goons came to steal,to pillage and to destroy

Obi said it all. Nigeria is a criminal enterprise.

Omo see looting

This system of government should be renamed "Loot-OCracy" no more democracy

Thieves everywhere

APC governents do not know that govt provides running water to citizens. Street lights and running water, which comes first?

WE ARE IN DEEP
SHIT

It's too much now. God please come down to Nigeria and release us from this prison. Only you can do the unthinkable.

I saw where someone was asking Akin alabi to explain these figures, he was just blabbing on twitter, moving from one circle to another without tangible explanation..

Nigeria is gone, just make some money move your family away from this country, these set of people can't repair this country, forget it.

This APC ehn...

393 billion divided by 1,477 = 266,079,891.67231

God have mercy. So each street light costs over 260 million?

What sort of evil party of corrupt bed fellows are ruling Nigeria?

Truly, if APC doesn't kill Nigerians, Nigerians will definitely kill APC.

Jesuuuu! 🙆🙆

Each street light will cost a whopping sum of N266,000,000, thíefnúbü I hail thee!

Olorun maje e fi padding shey NIGERIANS lese

Fake News

That's about #267m for one streetlight. They will answer for their crimes one day, even in the grave.

Omo, these people no dey rate us oo. Is the street light made of gold? Not up to 393 billion naira OP mentioned though

266million per street light

Even if they build one duplex in Abuja with, generator and furniture, one street light no go reach 266million naira

The stealing is no longer hidden but in plain sight

Wow,


So each street light is as expensive as a luxury house, real estate building.

That's around $150,000 one can use to almost get a house in the US.

What a rich country to be spending so much for a street light. I hope arrangement for facility management, maintenance, repairs, theft and vandalization prevention of the infrastructure has been covered for say 6 years.

We didn't borrow for this, did we?


Maybe the fund allocated for it is designed to sustain the presence of that streetlight indefinitely because it would be a shame for that amount of expense for so little value.