The Federal Ministry of Works has outlined plans to allocate
more than N500 million for programmes aimed at training hairdressers and
make-up artists, distributing grinding machines, motorcycles, mini-vans, and
conducting anti-drug abuse awareness campaigns across selected states in
Nigeria.
Details of the proposed spending are outlined in the 2026
Appropriation Bill, which was uploaded on the Budget Office’s website and
accessed on Thursday.
Analysis of the budget shows that these items and
initiatives are distributed across various geopolitical zones of the country.
According to the document, under budget item code ERGP
12234747, the ministry intends to spend N35 million on providing an unspecified
number of grinding machines to women in Ndokwa/Ukwani Federal Constituency,
located in the South-South zone.
Similarly, another N35 million has been set aside to train
and empower women in hairdressing, make-up, and soap production in
Mikang/Shandam/Qua’an Pan Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the
North-Central zone.
The budget also includes a proposal to allocate N70 million
for skill acquisition and trade equipment provision to youths, women, and seven
retirees in Inyamaltu/Deba area of Gombe State in the North-East.
Additionally, the ministry plans to spend N70 million on
supplying mini pick-up vans, mini shuttle buses, and motorcycles to
constituents in Abakaliki Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State, in the
South-East.
Another component involves training, sensitisation,
advocacy, and youth empowerment programmes against drug abuse in Zamfara State,
which falls in the North-West, among several other constituency-level projects
outlined in the budget.
The inclusion of these empowerment initiatives in the
Federal Ministry of Works’ 2026 budget has sparked debate and raised questions
about the appropriateness of such allocations within the ministry’s mandate.
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