By Opeyemi Adeoti
Kwara State House of Assembly has passed 2024 budget of N292.7 billion into law.
The budget was passed after considering the report of House Committee on Finance and Appropriation at the Committee of Supply chaired by Hon. Arinola Fatimah Lawal representing Ilorin East Constituency during today’s plenary.
This is against N296.4 billion presented by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, representing 1.25 percent decrease.
Under the passed Appropriation Bill, total Capital Expenditure now stands at N180.2 billion against N178.905 billion originally proposed by the executive.
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Also, recurrent expenditure is 113.836 against 116.43 presented by the Governor.
In his submission, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi expressed hope that the budget of economic expansion and collective prosperity would go a long way in impacting positively on the lives of the people.
Speaker Danladi applauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for ensuring January to December budget cycle as adopted by Nigerian Governors Forum to engender accelerated implementation.
The Speaker therefore directed the Clerk of the House, Alhaji Abdul-Kareem Olayiwola Ahmed, to prepare a clean copy of the Appropriation Bill for Governor’s assent.
