Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Bauchi State House of Assembly during its Friday plenary presided over by the Speaker, Abubakar Y Suleiman, passed into law the 2022 Appropriation.
Chairman of the House Committee on Budget and Appropriation, Abdulkadir Umar Dewu representing Kirfi Constituency presented report of the Committee which recommended that the total sum N197,475,607,143.85 only of which the sum of N85,057,580,518,58 only, is for recurrent expenditure representing 43% while the sum of N112,418,026,625.27 only, for capital expenditure representing 57% of the total budget, should be passed into law.
The Report also commended that the House should commend the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammad, the Commissioner of Budget and Economic Planning and the Accountant General for the timely presentation of the 2022 budget, performance of 2021 budget and the timely hosting of the 2021 budget performance on the official website of the office of the Accountant General.
The Committee also recommended that the House should reemphasize and maintain its earlier resolution on vote of no confidence passed on the Commissioner of Education upon his contemptuous behaviour before the House Commitee on Education during the 2022 budget defense exercise.
After the House adopted the recommendations of the Report, the Majority Leader of the House Hon. Tijjani Muhammad Aliyu representing Azare/Madangala Constituency moved a motion urging the House to pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law, he was seconded by the Minority Leader Hon. Bakoji Aliyu Bobbo representing Chiroma Constituency.
The Speaker, Abubakar Y Suleiman put the motion to voice vote and the Members unanimously approved.
He thereafter, directed the Clerk of the House, Umar Yusuf Gital to carryout the third reading which marked the passage of the Bill into law as contained in a statement by Abdul Ahmad Burra, Spokesperson to the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly.
