Jigawa assembly passes N698 billion 2025 budget
The Jigawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed the 2025 appropriation bill of N698 billion.
The passage followed the adoption of the report of the House standing committee on appropriation at plenary in Dutse.
Presenting the report, the chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Hamza (APC-Malam Madori), said the budget comprised N90.73 billion in personnel cost, other recurrent expenditure of N70.17 billion and N537.39 billion for capital projects.
The Speaker, Haruna Aliyu, said the appropriation bill if assented to by the governor, would enable the government to execute people-oriented projects for the overall development of the state.
Gov. Umar Namadi had, on Dec. 9, 2024, presented a budget of N698.3 billion to the assembly for consideration.
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