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Something happened in Nigeria in 2025 that should have been on the front page of every newspaper. The federal government appropriated N218 billion for the health ministry. By the end of the year, only N36 million was actually released. That is not a typo. That is 0.0165% of the total budget. In a country of over 200 million people, the government released thirty six million naira for healthcare in an entire year.

But here is the part that should make every Nigerian stop and think. Peter Obi, a private citizen and former presidential candidate, donated N280 million from his personal funds to hospitals, nursing schools, midwifery colleges and specialist health facilities within the same period. One man. No oil revenue. No tax collection powers. No international loans. Just his personal account. And he spent nearly eight times more on Nigerian healthcare than the entire federal government did.

When One Man Beats A Whole Government

This is not a story about how generous Peter Obi is. This is a story about how catastrophically the Tinubu administration has failed Nigerians. When a private individual without any constitutional responsibility for public health outspends the federal government in that same sector, something has gone terribly wrong at the top.

Think about what N36 million actually means for a country of 200 million people. It works out to less than one kobo per person for an entire year. Meanwhile hospitals are crumbling, doctors are leaving the country in large numbers, and ordinary Nigerians are dying from diseases that basic funding could prevent.

The Transportation Ministry Got The Same Treatment

Health was not the only ministry that was abandoned. The ministry of transportation was allocated N256.73 billion in the 2025 budget. Only N2.5 billion was released. That is less than one percent. Minister Saidu Ahmed Alkali confirmed this himself. So while Nigerians are navigating some of the worst roads on the continent, the government allocated billions on paper and released almost nothing in practice.

This is a pattern, not an accident. If two of the most visible and essential ministries in the country received this level of neglect, the situation in less prominent ministries is likely far worse. Agriculture, water resources, science and technology, youth development. What percentage of their budgets do you think was actually released?

This Budget Was Audio From The Beginning

Nigerians use the word audio to describe things that exist only in sound and not in reality. A promise that is never kept. A plan that is never executed. The 2025 federal budget was audio in every sense of the word. Billions were announced. Photographs were taken. Speeches were made. And then almost nothing was released to the ministries that needed it.

The most painful part is that President Tinubu publicly declared that he had met his budget targets. Which targets exactly? The target of releasing 0.0165% of the health budget? The target of funding transportation at less than one percent? If those are the targets, then yes, he met them.

72 Percent Of Revenue Went To Debt

Here is where the economics becomes truly frightening. As of the first half of 2025, seventy two percent of all federal government revenue went to debt servicing. Nigeria was not borrowing money to build hospitals or fix roads. It was borrowing money to pay interest on previous loans. And then borrowing again to pay interest on those loans.

This is what economists call a debt trap. The country is spending more than it earns, borrowing to cover the gap, and then borrowing more expensive money to service the cheaper debt it already has. Meanwhile government spending has not reduced. There has been no cost cutting at the top. Salaries, travels, allowances and political expenses continue as normal while the ministries that serve ordinary Nigerians are starved of funds.

And 2026 has already seen fresh borrowing announcements. The hope is that this new debt goes toward investments that generate returns. But based on everything we have seen so far, that hope is hard to hold onto.

Where Is The Money Actually Going

If billions are being appropriated but not released to the ministries, the question every Nigerian should be asking is simple. Where is the money going? Politics is expensive. Maintaining party structures, managing political relationships, funding elections and keeping loyalty across 36 states all require serious money. That money has to come from somewhere. And the evidence suggests it is coming from the budgets that were meant to fix your roads and fund your hospitals.

What This Means For Ordinary Nigerians

The effect of all this on everyday life is already visible. Food prices have risen beyond what most families can manage. The naira has lost enormous value. Fuel costs have multiplied several times over. Public hospitals lack basic equipment and medicines. Roads remain dangerous. Unemployment continues to climb. And young Nigerians are leaving the country at a rate that should alarm every leader in government.

If this continues, the next generation of Nigerians will inherit a country buried in debt, stripped of infrastructure and abandoned by its own government. The 2025 budget showed us exactly where the priorities of this administration lie. And healthcare, transportation and the welfare of ordinary citizens are clearly not among them.

The numbers are not complicated. N218 billion was promised. N36 million was delivered. One private citizen gave more. And the President said he met his targets.

That is the story of Nigeria in 2025.

Source:
https://avalanchemediablog.com/article.html?slug=how-tinubu-s-government-stole-your-healthcare-budget-and-called-it-progress

Tinumbu the fake accountant said he wasn't interested in statistics. Someone who claimed to be an accountant isn't interested in statistics? That's how you identify people who're only interested in plundering the resources of the country.

FatimaAbubakar:
Tinumbu the fake accountant said he wasn't interested in statistics. Someone who claimed to be an accountant isn't interested in statistics? That's how you identify people who're only interested in plundering the resources of the country.

Mr Fatima, which of the south eastern states are u from?

Burob:
Mr Fatima, which of the south eastern states are u from?

I'm from Osogbo in Osun, close to Iragbiji, where Mr Tinumbu the fake accountant came from.

Or anambra looted funds. There is nothing like donation from your personal money.


He was a fmr governor. The money donated belongs to the state he once govern.

FatimaAbubakar:
I'm from Osogbo in Osun, close to Iragbiji, where Mr Tinumbu the fake accountant came from.

And on ur BC u were named Fatima Abubakar?

The fake certificate holder is also a moving bullion van. He can never give what he steals

Burob:
And on ur BC u were named Fatima Abubakar?

Yes, I'm a Yoruba Muslim.

This is where Tinubu is rather channelling taxpayer's money to.

"I know of States that have received over 500 billion Naira from the Federal Government as palliative, but I have never received anything.

I think the reason I don't get it is because I'm not in APC.

-Dauda Lawal, Zamfara State Governor pic.twitter.com/QvfR8olibA

— Arewa Source (@Arewa_Source) February 17, 2026

FatimaAbubakar:
Yes, I'm a Yoruba Muslim.

Eid Mubarak in advance.

avalancheMedia:
Something happened in Nigeria in 2025 that should have been on the front page of every newspaper. The federal government appropriated N218 billion for the health ministry. By the end of the year, only N36 million was actually released. That is not a typo. That is 0.0165% of the total budget. In a country of over 200 million people, the government released thirty six million naira for healthcare in an entire year.

But here is the part that should make every Nigerian stop and think. Peter Obi, a private citizen and former presidential candidate, donated N280 million from his personal funds to hospitals, nursing schools, midwifery colleges and specialist health facilities within the same period. One man. No oil revenue. No tax collection powers. No international loans. Just his personal account. And he spent nearly eight times more on Nigerian healthcare than the entire federal government did.

When One Man Beats A Whole Government

This is not a story about how generous Peter Obi is. This is a story about how catastrophically the Tinubu administration has failed Nigerians. When a private individual without any constitutional responsibility for public health outspends the federal government in that same sector, something has gone terribly wrong at the top.

Think about what N36 million actually means for a country of 200 million people. It works out to less than one kobo per person for an entire year. Meanwhile hospitals are crumbling, doctors are leaving the country in large numbers, and ordinary Nigerians are dying from diseases that basic funding could prevent.

The Transportation Ministry Got The Same Treatment

Health was not the only ministry that was abandoned. The ministry of transportation was allocated N256.73 billion in the 2025 budget. Only N2.5 billion was released. That is less than one percent. Minister Saidu Ahmed Alkali confirmed this himself. So while Nigerians are navigating some of the worst roads on the continent, the government allocated billions on paper and released almost nothing in practice.

This is a pattern, not an accident. If two of the most visible and essential ministries in the country received this level of neglect, the situation in less prominent ministries is likely far worse. Agriculture, water resources, science and technology, youth development. What percentage of their budgets do you think was actually released?

This Budget Was Audio From The Beginning

Nigerians use the word audio to describe things that exist only in sound and not in reality. A promise that is never kept. A plan that is never executed. The 2025 federal budget was audio in every sense of the word. Billions were announced. Photographs were taken. Speeches were made. And then almost nothing was released to the ministries that needed it.

The most painful part is that President Tinubu publicly declared that he had met his budget targets. Which targets exactly? The target of releasing 0.0165% of the health budget? The target of funding transportation at less than one percent? If those are the targets, then yes, he met them.

72 Percent Of Revenue Went To Debt

Here is where the economics becomes truly frightening. As of the first half of 2025, seventy two percent of all federal government revenue went to debt servicing. Nigeria was not borrowing money to build hospitals or fix roads. It was borrowing money to pay interest on previous loans. And then borrowing again to pay interest on those loans.

This is what economists call a debt trap. The country is spending more than it earns, borrowing to cover the gap, and then borrowing more expensive money to service the cheaper debt it already has. Meanwhile government spending has not reduced. There has been no cost cutting at the top. Salaries, travels, allowances and political expenses continue as normal while the ministries that serve ordinary Nigerians are starved of funds.

And 2026 has already seen fresh borrowing announcements. The hope is that this new debt goes toward investments that generate returns. But based on everything we have seen so far, that hope is hard to hold onto.

Where Is The Money Actually Going

If billions are being appropriated but not released to the ministries, the question every Nigerian should be asking is simple. Where is the money going? Politics is expensive. Maintaining party structures, managing political relationships, funding elections and keeping loyalty across 36 states all require serious money. That money has to come from somewhere. And the evidence suggests it is coming from the budgets that were meant to fix your roads and fund your hospitals.

What This Means For Ordinary Nigerians

The effect of all this on everyday life is already visible. Food prices have risen beyond what most families can manage. The naira has lost enormous value. Fuel costs have multiplied several times over. Public hospitals lack basic equipment and medicines. Roads remain dangerous. Unemployment continues to climb. And young Nigerians are leaving the country at a rate that should alarm every leader in government.

If this continues, the next generation of Nigerians will inherit a country buried in debt, stripped of infrastructure and abandoned by its own government. The 2025 budget showed us exactly where the priorities of this administration lie. And healthcare, transportation and the welfare of ordinary citizens are clearly not among them.

The numbers are not complicated. N218 billion was promised. N36 million was delivered. One private citizen gave more. And the President said he met his targets.

That is the story of Nigeria in 2025.

The problem with you obidients is ignorance. The expenditure side of the budget has three components made up of Personnel, overhead and capital. Both personnel and overhead were funded close to 90% while capital was poorly funded. So, why pick only the capital component in your analysis when billions were released for both personnel and overhead?

He is still by the roadside pricing a bottle of groundnut

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14XAT1WFqrn/

Reason why one clown Umo denied Obi entry in Akwa Ibom

seunmsg:
The problem with you obidients is ignorance. The expenditure side of the budget has three components made up of Personnel, overhead and capital. Both personnel and overhead were funded close to 90% while capital was poorly funded. So, why pick only the capital component in your analysis when billions were released for both personnel and overhead?

So, the claim that critics are “ignorant” for focusing on the capital component of the health budget misses the central issue entirely.

Yes, Nigeria’s budget is traditionally divided into three parts: personnel, overhead, and capital. And it may be true that personnel and overhead allocations were funded at close to 90 percent. But that fact does not invalidate concerns about the underfunding of capital expenditure, in fact, it reinforces them.

Personnel and overhead spending largely cover salaries, allowances, utilities, and routine administrative costs. These expenditures keep the system running, but they do not expand it, modernize it, or improve service delivery in any transformative way. Capital expenditure, on the other hand, is what builds hospitals, equips laboratories, upgrades primary healthcare centers, procures diagnostic machines, and funds new public health infrastructure. It is the engine of structural improvement.

If a health ministry’s capital allocation is drastically underfunded while salaries and administrative costs are nearly fully paid, what you have is a system that sustains bureaucracy but starves development.

In a country facing severe healthcare challenges, including under-equipped hospitals, medical tourism by public officials championed by the president, Tinubu, shortages of modern diagnostic equipment, and inadequate rural health access, capital investment is not optional. It is foundational.

Arguing that personnel and overhead were funded at 90 percent does not excuse the failure to release adequate capital funds. It highlights a troubling priority structure: paying the machinery of government while neglecting the infrastructure that directly impacts citizens’ lives.

Moreover, capital expenditure has multiplier effects. Investment in healthcare infrastructure stimulates jobs, improves productivity, reduces long-term healthcare costs, and strengthens public trust. When capital spending is repeatedly sacrificed, the long-term cost to national development far outweighs short-term fiscal justifications.

So the issue is not about “picking” one component selectively. It is about evaluating what type of spending actually improves healthcare outcomes. If the overwhelming majority of released funds go toward maintaining salaries and recurrent expenses while development projects stall, then criticism is not ignorance, it is accountability.

The real question is not whether personnel and overhead were funded, which is not really the case. The real question is whether the health sector is being structurally improved. Without capital investment, the answer is difficult to defend.

ottersberger:
So, the claim that critics are “ignorant” for focusing on the capital component of the health budget misses the central issue entirely.

Yes, Nigeria’s budget is traditionally divided into three parts: personnel, overhead, and capital. And it may be true that personnel and overhead allocations were funded at close to 90 percent. But that fact does not invalidate concerns about the underfunding of capital expenditure, in fact, it reinforces them.

Personnel and overhead spending largely cover salaries, allowances, utilities, and routine administrative costs. These expenditures keep the system running, but they do not expand it, modernize it, or improve service delivery in any transformative way. Capital expenditure, on the other hand, is what builds hospitals, equips laboratories, upgrades primary healthcare centers, procures diagnostic machines, and funds new public health infrastructure. It is the engine of structural improvement.

If a health ministry’s capital allocation is drastically underfunded while salaries and administrative costs are nearly fully paid, what you have is a system that sustains bureaucracy but starves development.

In a country facing severe healthcare challenges, including under-equipped hospitals, medical tourism by public officials championed by the president, Tinubu, shortages of modern diagnostic equipment, and inadequate rural health access, capital investment is not optional. It is foundational.

Arguing that personnel and overhead were funded at 90 percent does not excuse the failure to release adequate capital funds. It highlights a troubling priority structure: paying the machinery of government while neglecting the infrastructure that directly impacts citizens’ lives.

Moreover, capital expenditure has multiplier effects. Investment in healthcare infrastructure stimulates jobs, improves productivity, reduces long-term healthcare costs, and strengthens public trust. When capital spending is repeatedly sacrificed, the long-term cost to national development far outweighs short-term fiscal justifications.

So the issue is not about “picking” one component selectively. It is about evaluating what type of spending actually improves healthcare outcomes. If the overwhelming majority of released funds go toward maintaining salaries and recurrent expenses while development projects stall, then criticism is not ignorance, it is accountability.

The real question is not whether personnel and overhead were funded, which is not really the case. The real question is whether the health sector is being structurally improved. Without capital investment, the answer is difficult to defend.

I did not put up any argument to defend the decision of the government to release a paltry sum of N36m to the ministry in respect of capital expenditure for 2025. I specifically addressed the misinformation of the OP who mischievously claimed that Peter Obi outspend the FG in the health sector in 2025. That is an absolute false claim that should be corrected. FG expended billions of naira on the health sector in 2025 and not just N36million. That’s the only correction I want to make.

avalancheMedia:
Something happened in Nigeria in 2025 that should have been on the front page of every newspaper. The federal government appropriated N218 billion for the health ministry. By the end of the year, only N36 million was actually released. That is not a typo. That is 0.0165% of the total budget. In a country of over 200 million people, the government released thirty six million naira for healthcare in an entire year.

But here is the part that should make every Nigerian stop and think. Peter Obi, a private citizen and former presidential candidate, donated N280 million from his personal funds to hospitals, nursing schools, midwifery colleges and specialist health facilities within the same period. One man. No oil revenue. No tax collection powers. No international loans. Just his personal account. And he spent nearly eight times more on Nigerian healthcare than the entire federal government did.

Naso... Vote buying in the name of donations . Why were General hospitals become poultry farms under Gbajue as Governor?.

You can only deceive yourselves and the gullible by packaging a fraud who failed woefully as Governor.

sultanodudua:
Reason why one clown Umo denied Obi entry in Akwa Ibom

Because he's a fraud who did not practice what he preaches. Remember he was also denied entry in Benue and Edo. They won't allow a fraud that failed Anambra to come deceive their people.

So you believe 36 million can pay the salary of just the cleaners in all government hospitals in Nigeria?

E good small to de use brain think rather than just follow twitter influencers when non de understand context.

seunmsg:
I did not put up any argument to defend the decision of the government to release a paltry sum of N36m to the ministry in respect of capital expenditure for 2025. I specifically addressed the misinformation of the OP who mischievously claimed that Peter Obi outspend the FG in the health sector in 2025. That is an absolute false claim that should be corrected. FG expended billions of naira on the health sector in 2025 and not just N36million. That’s the only correction I want to make.

Always be quiet when you are being schooled out of your ignorance. See how ottersberger schooled you on the Majors of capital and recurrent expenditure. You arr not to be blamed. Imagine creatures that supported a nepa Bill certificate writing nonsense because of crum'"b payments to do so

The People's President for a reason




Imagine what he will do with fiscal assets 😲

Data boys will come and insult people