We have news that the Federal Government has moved to end the practice of carrying electricity subsidy costs alone, and have announced a framework that will spread it across federal, state, and local governments from 2026.
The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, said this on Monday in Abuja during a training and sensitisation workshop for ministries, departments, and agencies on the 2026 post-budget preparation process
Yakubu said that President Bola Tinubu had directed that electricity subsidy costs be made explicit, tracked, and fairly shared across the tiers of government, saying that the current approach creates hidden liabilities and recurring crises in the power market.
Yakubu also says that the policy is not designed as a sanction but as a mechanism to align incentives across government and support efficiency in the power sector.
