Sule presents N100.5bn 2020 budget to Nasarawa Assembly

By Donatus Nadi, Lafia

 

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, presented the 2020 budget proposal of N100.52 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.

The Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who received the budget after Sule’s presentation assured the state government of speedy passage of the budget to enable the people of the state benefit more dividends of democracy.

Sule who tagged the budget as ” Budget of Inclusive Development ” said that his administration policy is anchored on transparency, accountability and prudency for the overall development of the state and the country at large.

The governor assured the assembly of full implementation of the budget when finally passed into law.

“I hereby present the 2020 appropriation bill of N100,519,956,857 to you for your consideration and approval.

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“A total of N56,733, 129, 610billion of the budget is earmarked for Recurrent expenditure while N43,786,827,247 of the total budget is earmarked as Capital Expenditure for the year 2020 ,”he said.

Sule assured the people of the state that the budget will be used to complete all ongoing projects, provision of social services, youths empowerment programmes among others for the benefits of the people of the state.

He said that his administration would also create an enabling environment for business and other activities to thrive in the state.

The governor called on the members to give the budget proposal speedy passage to enable the state government executes developmental projects across the state.

It was gathered that education, Science and ICT got the lion share of N26.3 billion, while infrastructure and works followed with N18 billion, government and general administration got N16.81 billion, Finance, Investment and Trade N11 billion, while Health sector got N9.7 billion.