Sokoto assembly passes N270 billion 2024 budget
The Sokoto House of Assembly has passed the N270.1 billion 2024 budget.
This followed the adoption of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation report at Wednesday’s plenary.
Presenting the report, Abdullahi Zakari (APC-Rabah), the committee chairman, stated that the N270 billion submitted by Governor Ahmed Aliyu remained unchanged.
Mr Zakari said the budget was made up of N97.8 billion in recurrent expenditure and N172.2 billion in capital expenditure.
“These figures remain as submitted by the governor. ’However, responding to genuine requests from subcommittees, the committee reallocated resources to accommodate the essential demands and interests of our people,” he said.
Subsequently, Speaker Tukur Bala presented the report for consideration, which was unanimously adopted by the lawmakers through a voice vote.
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