*A state budget in Nigeria is a statement of intent, not a record of spending. The number signed in December is routinely revised mid-year and rarely implemented above 70% on the capital side. Read the figures below as the size of the claim, and the IGR line as the size of what the state can raise without Abuja.*
The numbers#
- 2025 approved budget: ₦444.98 billion (passed by the House of Assembly 24 December 2024, revised up from ₦396 billion as presented 28 November 2024)
- 2026 approved budget: ₦884.868 billion as presented 25 November 2025 (₦749.49bn capital, ₦135.38bn recurrent)
- Internally generated revenue (2023, the latest NBS state-level IGR report): ₦30.84 billion (₦21.65bn tax, ₦9.19bn MDA revenue)
- Debt stock (31 December 2025, provisional): ₦13,478,822,861.56 domestic plus US$108,018,267.02 external (US$73.57m multilateral, US$34.45m bilateral)
Note#
Ebonyi is the only South-East state carrying bilateral external loans alongside multilateral ones. Its 2026 proposal is roughly double the 2025 figure the Assembly passed, against a 2023 IGR worth under four per cent of it. The 2025 figure recorded here is the sum the House passed; the date and amount of gubernatorial assent were not confirmed in this pass, and the 2026 figure is the amount presented rather than signed. The monthly Federation Account receipt is omitted: no per-state line from a primary release was confirmed.
References
Sources#
- Ebonyi State House of Assembly, 2025 Appropriation Bill (presentation 28 November 2024, passage 24 December 2024); Ebonyi State Government, 2026 Appropriation Bill (presentation, 25 November 2025)
- National Bureau of Statistics, Internally Generated Revenue at State Level (2023), published October 2024
- Debt Management Office, States and FCT Domestic and External Debt Stock as at 31 December 2025 (provisional)