The House of Representatives has extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act from September 30 to December 31, 2026.
The extension was approved on Wednesday following the consideration and passage of an Executive Bill seeking to amend the Appropriation (Repeal and Enactment) Act, 2025.
The bill was considered at the Committee of Supply, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, following the House’s resumption from its annual recess.
Leading the debate, the Majority Leader, Hon. Julius Ihonvbere, urged lawmakers to support the amendment to extend the implementation period for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act.
Ihonvbere said the extension was necessary because several factors affecting the Nigerian economy had made it difficult to complete the implementation of capital projects within the original timeframe.
“Due to several factors and forces impinging on the Nigerian economy, it has been very difficult to conclude the implementation of the capital aspects of this particular bill, and the dates previously determined for the implementation would expire on the 30th of September.”
He added that the extension would prevent the expiration of the implementation period from being blamed for unfinished capital projects.
“And as a responsible parliament to ensure that non-implementation will not be blamed on the expiration of our own determination, we have decided to move and let it be moved that this be extended to the 31st of December, 2026.”
The House subsequently passed the bill, extending the implementation deadline for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act to December 31, 2026.
Following the passage, the House adjourned plenary to Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
