Niger Assembly passes 2023 budget with additional N5bn

Niger State House of Assembly has passed  the state’s 2023  Appropriation Bill of over N243 billion  against over N238 billion earlier  presented by the State Governor, Alhaji  Abubakar Sani Bello.

This followed the report of the House committee on Appropriation presented by the Committee chairnan and member representing Wushishi Constituency,Hon. Muhammed Bashir Lokogoma.

He said the budget was very important and essential for the take-off of a new financial year, stressing,  that  “with the passage, Niger State was okay to run government in 2023 with additional N5 billion into the budget as presented”.

The approved  capital expenditure stood  at over one hundred and fifty two billion naira( N152billion)  while the  recurrent expenditure is over ninety one billion naira( N91billion).

The committee chairman noted that the current budget structure is complicated and has made it difficult to trace a particular capital allocation for scrutiny.

The house thereby unanimously urged the executive arm to ensure that budget is laid before the legislature   at least three months before the end of the year for proper scrutiny.
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