{
  "id": 10721357,
  "title": "Senate extends 2025 budget capital implementation to December",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/senate-extends-2025-budget-capital-implementation-to-december",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T15:03:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/29/senate-extends-2025-budget-capital-implementation-to-december/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Senate has extended the implementation period for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act until December 31, 2026, from the previous deadline of September 30, 2026. This decision was reached after senators debated and passed an amendment bill on Tuesday. Sponsored by Senate Leader Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the bill aims to further extend the implementation period of the capital component of the 2025 budget. Senator Bamidele argued that the extension was necessary and practical, citing that the execution of the capital projects contained in the 2025 Appropriation Act had not yet reached the desired level despite the release of a significant portion of the allocated funds to government ministries, departments, and agencies. The bill, titled \"A Bill for an Act to Amend the Appropriations (Repeal & Enactment) Act 2025 to Extend the Implementation of the Capital Aspect of the Appropriations (Repeal & Enactment) Act 2025 from 30th September, 2026 to 31st December, 2026 and for other Related Matters, 2026 (SB. 1067),\" seeks to amend the 2025 Appropriation Act for the same purpose.",
  "summary": "The Senate has approved another extension of the implementation period for the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act, moving the deadline from September 30, 2026, to December 31, 2026. The decision was reached on Tuesday after senators considered and passed the amendment bill clause by clause, thereby allowing the capital component of the 2025 […] Senate extends 2025 budget capital…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Senate extends 2025 budget implementation to December 31",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/senate-extends-2025-budget-implementation-to-december-31",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:52:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}