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Nigeria and Ghana's budget allocations for health and defense reveal the impact of political systems on fiscal priorities. Nigeria's N58.47 trillion budget proposes N5.41 trillion for defense and N2.48 trillion for health, while Ghana allocates a larger portion of its 357.1 billion cedis budget to health.

Scholars argue that autocracies prioritize military spending over health, while democracies favor health expenditures. Nigeria's hybrid regime results in unpredictable budget behavior compared to established democracies like Germany and the UK.