A review of Kano State’s budget performance from 2023 to the first quarter of 2025 shows that the Ministries of Works and Housing, Finance, and Education received the highest actual expenditures.
WikkiTimes analysis of the state’s annual budget performance reports reveals that these ministries collectively accounted for the largest share of disbursed funds across the period, indicating the government’s prioritisation of infrastructure, fiscal management, and education.
According to the budget reports, in 2023, Ministry of Works and Housing had spent 35,503,755,548.29 as its total expenditure. In 2024, Ministry of Finance utilised 82.7 billion while in the first quarter of 2025, Ministry of Education used 10,500,721,679.54.
In 2023, after the Ministry of Works and Housing led all ministries in expenditure, it was followed by the Ministry of Education, which spent ₦26.7 billion, while the Ministry of Health and Finance recorded ₦21.1 billion and ₦18 billion respectively. The Ministry of Higher Education spent ₦14.8 billion, and the Ministry of Agriculture trailed with ₦2.7 billion.
According to the 2023 budget performance report, Kano State’s total capital expenditure stood at ₦38.7 billion—representing 24.5 percent of the initial capital budget of ₦158.2 billion. However, recurrent spending surpassed projections, hitting ₦114.7 billion, or 104.3 percent of the approved ₦110 billion. The administrative sector alone gulped ₦22.8 billion.
In 2024, the Ministry of Finance topped the list and followed by the Ministry of Works and Housing followed with ₦47.3 billion, while the Ministries of Health and Education spent ₦35.8 billion and ₦34.3 billion respectively. Higher Education recorded ₦22.1 billion.
The 2024 budget performance report revealed that the recurrent expenditure for 2024 rose to ₦210.4 billion, while capital spending stood at ₦108.8 billion. The administrative sector accounted for ₦53.2 billion.
In the first quarter of 2025, the Ministry of Education led again with actual spending of ₦10.5 billion. The Ministry of Works and Housing followed with ₦9.7 billion, while Health, Finance, and Higher Education ministries recorded ₦7.3 billion, ₦6.8 billion, and ₦5.5 billion respectively.
During the same period, Kano State’s recurrent expenditure stood at ₦50.7 billion—19.3 percent of the projected ₦262.7 billion. The capital expenditure for Q1 reached only ₦27.3 billion, representing just 6 percent of the projected ₦457.1 billion. Administrative sector spending for the quarter was ₦16.8 billion.
The figures suggest that while the government consistently prioritised key ministries in budget implementation, capital spending performance remains significantly below projections, especially in the first quarter of 2025.
