Adamawa Governor, Fintiri presents N175bn 2023 budget estimates to House of Assembly

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Governor Fintiri lays the 2023 before the Adamawa State House of Assembly

By Joseph Adahnu, Yola

Adamawa State Government has presented a budget proposal of N175 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration for the 2023 fiscal year.

Presenting the budget to the state House tagged, “budget of consolidation” Governor Ahmadu Fintiri said education will receive priority in the 2023 fiscal year.

The Governor accordingly says, the total proposal of N175,019,054,060 comprises a recurrent expenditure proposal of N105,011,432,436 at 60 percent of the total proposal, and a capital expenditure proposal of N70,007,621624 at 40 percent of the total budgetary proposal.

Fintiri revealed that education is allocated the highest share of the capital expenditure proposal because apart from working to sustain numerous ongoing projects in the sector, some new ones, such as establishing three special schools for the gifted, will be accommodated in the proposed budget.

The governor pledged prompt and timely delivery of projects adding that all ongoing projects will be completed within the stipulated time of the projects.

In his response to the governor’s presentation, the Speaker Adamawa State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aminu Iya Abbas, expressed confidence that when reviewed and approved, the 2023 budget will be diligently implemented by Fintiri’s cabinet.

He announced that in admiration of Fintiri’s implementation of free education to citizens of the state, the Assembly had started work on a bill to make a law mandating all subsequent governors to implement free and compulsory basic-level education in the state.