Jigawa Assembly Passes N116 Billion Supplementary Budget
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed into law the sum of One hundred and sixteen billion nine hundred and thirty-five million three thousand four hundred and seventy-eight Naira (N116,935,003,478.00) as a Supplementary budget for the state and local governments 2024 appropriation bill.
It can be recalled that, in December 2023 the Jigawa State governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has signed the sum of N298.14 billion as the state and 27 local government budget for 2024.
While shedding more light, the Speaker State Assembly, Rt. Hon Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin said the assembly considered the supplementary budget sent by the executive after a recommendation by the committee set up by the assembly.
He explained that the House Committee on Appropriation under the chairmanship of Hon Ibrahim Hamza recommended the approval of the state and local government supplementary budgets to enable the executive to deliver much expected dividend of democracy.
According to the speaker going by the current inflation, the executive needs additional money to be able to execute capital projects and strengthen public service delivery in line with Governor Umar Namadi’s 12-point agenda designed to make Jigawa state prosperous and great.
“According to the supplementary budgets report, the sum of Eighty Five Billion Four Hundred and Ten Million Naira (N85,410,000,000 00) approved for the state government”
” The money included N7,377,000,000.00 for recurrent expenditure and N78,003,000,000.00 for capital projects, under the additional money for capital projects, N35.8 billion allocated to Ministry of Works and Transport, N4.4 billion State Emergency Management Agency, N7.9 billion Road Maintenance Agency”
“Other additional money included N2.5 billion for Agriculture, N2 billion for Rural Electrification, N2.4 billion for Environment, N 4.2 billion for Ministry of Health, N4.6 billion for Higher Education, N500 Million Basic Education”
“However the assembly approved the sum of Thirty-One Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Million and Three Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-Eight Naira (N31,525,003,478.00) as supplementary budgets for the 27 local government areas of the state”
“Under the local government supplementary budgets, the sum of N12.6 billion allocated for recurrent expenditure andN18.9 billion for capital projects” the report stated.
