Gombe local government councils to spend N34.6bn in 2018

GOMBE State House of Assembly has passed into law the 2018 appropriation bill of the sum of  N34,675,609,855.63 for the eleven Local Government Councils in the State as against the N31,550,436,119.00 initially presented to the Assembly.

This followed the adoption of recommendations contained in a report of the House Committee on Appropriation presented on the floor of the House Wednesday.

While presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Solomon Phillip Jissimah said the Committee increased the size of the budget in order to adequately carter for some rural roads and other infrastructural projects that were either not funded or under-funded in the initial submission.

He explained that the estimate comprises of a Capital expenditure of the sum of N8,575,868,355.00 and recurrent expenditure of the sum of N26,099,741,500.63 which will be funded with a total revenue of N31,912,378,647.41 and a deficit of N2,763,231,208.22.

After exhaustive deliberations, the House adopted and approved the budget size and other recommendations of the Committee.

The Speaker, Nasiru Abubakar Nono commended the Committee for the timely completion of its assignment and called on the Local Government Councils to be prudent and adhere to the financial regulations while implementing the approved 2018 Budget.