Gov. Makinde to present 2024 appropriation bill on Tuesday
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State will present the 2024 appropriation bill to the State House of Assembly on Tuesday.
The chief press secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan.
He said Mr Makinde would be accompanied by top government functionaries for the presentation.
Mr Olanrewaju said the presentation was coming after the state government had held stakeholders’ consultative meetings on the budget across the state’s seven administrative zones.
“Government has given an account of the 2023 budget performance and collated the views and needs of people across all the zones during the consultative meetings.
“During the kick-off of the stakeholders’ consultative forum in Ibadan, the governor declared that his administration would continue to produce budgets with the full input of the people and also execute the same with their utmost interests at heart,” he said.
The CPS added that residents of the state should look forward to more developments in the new year, having witnessed the implementation of the 2023 budget for sustainable development.
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