The Federal Government has disbursed a total of N2.45 trillion to state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to support infrastructure development and security operations, official records have shown.
Documents from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) revealed that the funds were released between March 2024 and August 2025, covering a 17-month period. The intervention was aimed at addressing infrastructure deficits and boosting security at the subnational level amid rising insecurity nationwide.
The records, submitted at the Der 2025 meeting of theecemb Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), showed that the payments were made under a special intervention programme funded from non-oil revenue savings.
According to the document titled “Ledger of Savings on Intervention to States Infrastructure and Security,” the entire N2.45tn received by the Federal Government over the period was fully disbursed to states and the FCT, leaving a zero balance as of August 25, 2025. However, details of how much each state received were not disclosed.
In 2024 alone, total disbursements amounted to N1.184tn, released in four tranches: April (N259bn), May (N222bn), September (N370bn), and December (N333bn).
Funding increased further in 2025, with N1.266tn paid out through six transfers in February (N216bn), April (N200bn), May (N250bn), June (N250bn), July (N250bn), and August (N100bn).
The intervention scheme is linked to the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) approved by President Bola Tinubu in July 2023 to cushion the impact of petrol subsidy removal. The fund was designed to support investments in transportation, agriculture, healthcare, education, power, and water resources across the states.
Despite the scale of the disbursements, concerns have been raised over transparency and impact. The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Rafsanjani, previously criticised both the Federal Government and state governors over what he described as poor utilisation of the funds, arguing that the level of insecurity and infrastructure decay suggests limited results.