By Augustine Kuza Lafia
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has submitted the Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N156.6bn for 2024 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval.
Speaker of the house Hon. Danladi Jatau, made this known to journalists during the House proceedings Tuesday in Lafia the state capital.
He said that the bill, if scaled through, would enable the state government to provide the much needed dividends of democracy to the populace.
Earlier, the Majority Leader of the House Hon. Suleiman Yakubu Azara moved a motion for the bill to scale first reading which was seconded by the Deputy Minority Leader Hon. Onarigu Onah Kana.
The Governor’s letter reads “The Hon Speaker may wish to note that the 2024 Appropriations was made with the view of having a realistic and implementable outcome in view of the economic uncertainty.”
“At the outset, the Government prepared the 2024 Budget of Renewed Commitment with the mind set of completing all on-going and new projects that have direct bearing in the lives of the people within the fiscal year. Due to the urgency demanded by these projects and programmes, budgetary provisions must be adjusted and reviewed to meet up with upcoming demands and challenges due to alterations in the macroeconomic variables in the country”, the statement read.
It would be reported that Gov. Abdullahi Sule in December 2023 presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N199.8 billion to the House for approval.
It means that the Nasarawa State government will be spending N356.5 billion in 2024 if the supplementary budget is finally approved.
