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Education gets lion share as Nasarawa Governor Engineer Sule presents N199.9bn 2024 budget

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Governor Sule lays the budget proposal before the Nasarawa Assembly State Assembly

By Oboh Linus, Lafia

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has presented the 2024 budget proposal of N199.9 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.

The Acting Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abel Yakubu Bala while receiving the budget in Lafia Friday assured the Governor and the people of the state of giving the budget accelerated passage.

The Governor said that the budget if passed into law would complete ongoing projects and existing ones with more to be initiated for the overall development of the state.

He said that his administration would continue to anchor on transparency, accountability and rule of law as well as transparency for the overall development of the state.

The estimates is tagged “Budget of Renewed commitment”.

The Recurrent Expenditure is N112, 925,350,954.18 representing 56 % of the total budget, Capital Expenditure is N86, 954,019,755.50 representing 44% of the total budget.

Other sectors are Education, N41.9bn, Health N27.5bn, Environment, N5.5bn, Local Government, N6.3bn, Finance, N13.1bn, Trade and Investment, N3.8bn, Ministry of Science and Technology N1.7bn, Ministry of Works- N22.7bn, Water Resources, N4.1bn, Lands and Urban Development N8.6bn, State Assembly N4.3bn and Information, Culture and Tourism N 2.6bn.

Sule assured the assembly and the people of the state of full implementation of the budget, if finally passed into law.

Besides, he said that his administration has prioritized infrastructural development in order to improve on the standard of living of the people of the state.

Sule also said that his administration has employed 3500 secondary school teachers for quality education in the State.

He further said that his administration has absorbed casual staff in to permanent and pensionable appointments.

Acting Speaker, Rt. Hon Abel Yakubu Bala, appreciated Governor Sule for good presentation of the budget.

Abel congratulated the Governor over his well deserved meritorious elevation to the status of a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers.

He commended Gov. Sule for his transparency and fiscal financial discipline.

“Your Excellency, during the oversight function, preliminary reports indicate that since the creation of Nasarawa State, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has never be high and above projection.

“Infrastructural development have also received a boost and to this, we commend you most sincerely,” he said

The Acting Speaker appreciated Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the former Speaker of the House for his remarkable achievements in the passage of many bills and resolutions in the last eight years and six months.

“He has contributed immensely to the stability of the legislature and the state.

“Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi is a team player, dedicated, goal getter, transparent, hard working and resilient.

“He is an asset to this State and we shall continue to tap from his wealth of experience and reservoir of leadership style,” he said

The Acting Speaker reassured that the 2024 Appropriation Bill will be given expeditious action which to be passed into law before December 31, 2023.

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