Nigeria’s aviation sector faces tighter fiscal conditions in 2026 as the federal government slashed total budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to N87.3 billion, representing a 23 percent decline from the N113.19 billion approved in the 2025 Appropriation Act.
Details of the 2026 Appropriation Bill obtained by BusinessDay show that capital expenditure still dominates the ministry’s spending profile, reflecting the government’s push to complete projects across the sector.
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Nigeria’s aviation sector faces tighter fiscal conditions in 2026 as the federal government slashed total budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to N87.3 billion, representing a 23 percent decline from the N113.19 billion approved in the 2025 Appropriation Act.
Details of the 2026 Appropriation Bill obtained by BusinessDay show that capital expenditure still dominates the ministry’s spending profile, reflecting the government’s push to complete projects across the sector.
For the core ministry, total al