Jigawa Assembly approves N116bn Supplementary Budget
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse
Jigawa State House of Assembly has approved 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.
Speaking to our correspondent, the Speaker, State Assembly, Rt Hon Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin said, the Assembly considered the supplementary budget sent by the executive after a recommendation by 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 the 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, strengthen public service delivery in line with the governor Umar Namadi 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.
“Others additional money included N2.5 billion for Agriculture,N2 billion Rural Electrification, N2.4 billion Environment, N 4.2 billion Ministry of Health, N4.6 billion 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’s supplementary budgets, the sum of N12.6 billion allocated for recurrent expenditure andN18.9 billion for capital projects,” the reports stated
